Bonelight: Ruin And Grace In The New Southwest by Sojourner, Mary - 2002

University of Nevada Press, 2004-01-01. Paperback. Good.

University of Nevada Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Nevada Press, 2004. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Nevada Press, 2004. Softcover. Like New. 80x11x140. Signed by Author. With brief gift inscription by and signed by author. When upstate New Yorker Mary Sojourner reluctantly agreed to visit the Grand Canyon of Arizona, she little suspected that she was about to lose her heart to the beauty of the Southwest, or that she would shortly find a passion for the land, and a cause in protecting it. She has since gained notoriety as an environmental writer and as a grass-roots activist protesting the heedless development of the Southwest's increasingly precious and embattled open spaces. The essays collected here reflect Sojourner's journey from greenhorn to old-timer, from tourist to committed defender of the land and the human communities that share it. She writes of exploring the deserts, forests, mountains, and river rapids of the Southwest, and of her love for this austere and ravishing landscape; of family, friends, and lovers; of the ways that development is destroying the… Read More

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2002* Publisher: University of Nevada Press.* Binding and cover condition: Colour photo-illustrated soft card covers showing desert with sand and grass. No bumps or rubs. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 168 pp. text.* Product Description:- This is a collection of passionate and personal reflections, relating how a brave human faces ageing with honesty and determination to take from her remaining years the most precious stuff they have to offer . Similarly, she wishes to repay the world with the gifts she feels are most worthy: protest, poetry and wisdom.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. fnl. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*