On Nature's Terms: Contemporary Voices Hardcover - 1992
by Thomas J. Lyon (Editor); Peter Stine (Editor)
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Outside, where the wind is blowing, we see the world on nature's terms, and we see that it is severely endangered. Turning inward, we seek a sense of connection with nature that could perhaps help us through the current environmental crisis. In this book, some of the most observant Americans of our day explore these outer and inner worlds in powerful pieces that show the vitality and range of contemporary nature writing. John Hay's "A Faire Bay", an original collection of thoughts on the pollution of the Chesapeake, opens the book, and Edward Hoagland's "A Year as It Turns", a group of short seasonal pieces that originally appeared as editorials in the New York Times, serves as the conclusion. Some of the other authors represented here include Rick Bass, Marcia Bonta, Charles Bowden, Jean Craighead George, Barry Lopez, Gary Snyder, and Terry Tempest Williams. Whether swimming with dolphins in the Florida Keys or stalking deer with mountain lions, these authors experience and reflect on the terms nature sets and the terms we set for nature. With them, we discover the beauty of the jack pine in the Boundary Waters, uncover the hidden beauty of Sonoran cacti, explore the very alive world of a Pennsylvania winter, visit the startling silences of the Canadian River Gorge in the Southwest, experience the breath-taking world of life on arctic ice, and view Venus at daybreak from the Grand Canyon. These are stories of place, and of family and friends, both human and nonhuman. They are tales of understanding and coming to terms with the world around us.
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- Title On Nature's Terms: Contemporary Voices
- Author Thomas J. Lyon (Editor); Peter Stine (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Texas A&M University Press, College Station TX
- Date October 1992
- ISBN 9780890965115 / 0890965110
- Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
- Dimensions 10.4 x 7.44 x 0.98 in (26.42 x 18.90 x 2.49 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Library of Congress subjects American literature - 20th century, Nature - Literary collections
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92005239
- Dewey Decimal Code 810.803
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 09/21/1992, Page 0
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