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This incomparable land : a guide to American nature writing

Author:Thomas J. Lyon

Summary:Nature writing is essential to awakening an ecological way of seeing. The author covers the full spectrum of the genre, including field guides, travel and adventure stories, and essays on solitary and back-country living. This new edition contains an updated bibliography of primary and secondary sources in nature writing through the end of the 20th century

Print Book, English, 2001

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Publisher: Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, Minn., 2001

Physical Description:xii, 277 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9781571312563, 1571312560

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:45799035

Subjects:

Natural history

Natural history United States

Sciences naturelles États-Unis

Contents:

An American chronology

A taxonomy of nature writing

The American setting

Beginnings

The age of Thoreau, Muir, and Burroughs

The twentieth century

Notes:

Revised edition of: This incomperable lande. 1989