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The Suburban Wild

Author : Peter Friederici
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820321349
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book The Suburban Wild written by Peter Friederici and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, amid traffic, pollution, and ever-increasing neighborhoods of houses and apartments, these meditative personal essays explore the importance of our connection with the natural world, history, and memory. The Suburban Wild follows the seasons from one spring to the next, celebrating the natural miracles we frequently miss and revealing a territory less tamed than we might imagine. These essays offer the sights and sounds found on the outskirts of cities, just perceptible amid the clutter and din of crowded streets and sidewalks. From the constant humming of cicadas on summer evenings and the seasonal migrations of ducks to the myriad hues in a green heron's feathers, Peter Friederici reveals a complex place in which wild geese and morning commuters share the same habitat. The essays honor our lost creatures and places, emphasizing the importance of history, memory, and consciousness. The author describes the varying shades and textures of a clay bluff near his childhood home, relating the gradual erosion and recession of this Ice Age-old landform. A description of spirogyra algae blooms on Lake Michigan merges with a discussion of the lake's once abundant native mussels and the imported zebra mussels that are threatening their existence. From recorded memories, Friederici re-creates the sight of the now extinct passenger pigeon. Though awareness of the destruction of the landscape and its creatures is never far from the wonders presented here, The Suburban Wild connects the tracks of wildlife and traces of our changing landscape with our own path through the world. The book explores how history--whether natural or cultural, collective or personal--shapes a landscape, and how human memory shapes that history. At heart, it seeks to forge a link between the world outside our windows and the one inside.

Going Wild

Author : Robert Winkler
Publisher : Robert Winkler
ISBN 13 : 9780792261681
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Going Wild written by Robert Winkler and published by Robert Winkler. This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armchair travelers can journey with author and naturalist Robert Winkler as he experiences amazing wildlife encounters—all within reach of his own backyard. An avid nature writer with field experience spanning more than 25 years, Winkler writes about his beloved New England, where he has logged more than 20,000 miles on foot exploring the woods, fields, and shores he knows so well. This beautifully lyrical book describes Winkler's firsthand encounters with goshawks, copperheads, flying squirrels, Kinglets, Chickadees, Nuthatches, and other birds and animals as he travels into areas many may have overlooked or forgotten. Winkler weaves anecdotes and stories about his own life into each chapter—how he discovered nature, why he watches birds, and why his suburban surroundings have held his interest. To quote the author: ''Living in society's overpopulated, paved-over world—with all its rules, regulations, and traffic jams—I think we envy the birds' wild freedom. We want that freedom and wildness for ourselves. And so we birders watch, listen to, identify, count, list, house, feed, and photograph birds.''Going Wildis an irresistible invitation to follow in Winkler's footsteps and revel in the wonders on our own doorsteps.

Wilderness Adventure Camp

Author : Frank Grindrod
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1635861527
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book Wilderness Adventure Camp written by Frank Grindrod and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether in the rugged backcountry or a suburban backyard, kids can experience the sense of personal independence and self-confidence that come from outdoor proficiency, while also developing a deeper connection to and understanding of the natural world. With this skills-based book, kids learn essential safety and survival tips and bushcraft that they need to have a safe wilderness experience. Led by outdoor leader Frank Grindrod of Earthwork Programs, every turn of the page takes kids on another stage of the journey. They learn how to pack for the outdoors, navigate using a map and a compass, choose and set up a campsite, handle and use a knife properly, build a fire, tie different types of knots, make a lean-to out of sticks and leaves, and cook over an open fire. This guide teaches more than just outdoor know-how; it fosters appreciation for the natural world and pride in knowing how to use its resources as a tool for survival and adventure.

Pinelands

Author : Albert D. Horner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764348815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Pinelands written by Albert D. Horner and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Home to many rare and endangered flora and fauna and 17 trillion-gallon aquifer, the Pinelands, a.k.a. the Pine Barrens, are to be preserved for future generations. This monograph is the product of a nine-year journey though the New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve, undertaken to visually record its beauty and uniqueness. These high-quality art photographs show the lowlands, cedar swamps, rivers, forest, and bogs and expose the Pinelands' beauty in the images' locations were scouted well in advance--sometimes years--to ensure the photograph would be taken under optimal conditions."--Back cover.

American Wilderness

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198038828
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book American Wilderness written by Michael Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collected volume of original essays proposes to address the state of scholarship on the political, cultural, and intellectual history of Americans responses to wilderness from first contact to the present. While not bringing a synthetic narrative to wilderness, the volume will gather competing interpretations of wilderness in historical context.

Cabin Fever

Author : Tom Montgomery Fate
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807000981
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Cabin Fever written by Tom Montgomery Fate and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If Tom Montgomery Fate has not found the secret formula for the deliberate, balanced life, he is a chief disciple of the search.”—Chicago Tribune Try to imagine Thoreau married, with a job, three kids, and a minivan. This is the sensibility—serious yet irreverent—that suffuses Cabin Fever, as the author seeks to apply the hermit-philosopher’s insights to a busy modern life. Tom Montgomery Fate lives in a Chicago suburb, where he is a husband, father, professor, and active member of his community. He also lives in a cabin built with the help of friends in the Michigan woods, where he walks by the river, chops wood, and reads Thoreau by candlelight. Fate seeks a more attentive, deliberate way of seeing the world and our place in it, not only in the woods but also in the context of our relationships and society. In his search for “a more deliberate life” amid a high-tech, material world, Fate invites readers into an interrogation of their own lives, and into a new kind of vision: the possibility of enough in a culture of more.

Into the Wild

Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307476863
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Into the Wild written by Jon Krakauer and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Proceedings of the American Forest Congress

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the American Forest Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Symbol of Wilderness

Author : Mark W. T. Harvey
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295803533
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book A Symbol of Wilderness written by Mark W. T. Harvey and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green River was intended to create a recreational lake in northwest Colorado and generate hydroelectric power, but would have flooded picturesque Echo Park Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Monument, straddling the Utah-Colorado border near Wyoming.

National Wilderness Preservation Act

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book National Wilderness Preservation Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing Environments

Author : Sidney I. Dobrin
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791463314
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Writing Environments written by Sidney I. Dobrin and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2005-02-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including interviews with several of America's leading environmental writers, this volume addresses the intersections between writing and nature.

Bibliography of Agriculture

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1964-07 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Outside Magazine's Urban Adventure, Chicago

Author : Lynn Schnaiberg
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393323481
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Outside Magazine's Urban Adventure, Chicago written by Lynn Schnaiberg and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very best Chicagoland spots for running, biking, kayaking, and other outdoor or gym activities are revealed by an ETHS graduate from the class of 1987.

Clark County Wilderness Study Areas Designation

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Clark County Wilderness Study Areas Designation written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Suburban Howls

Author : Jonathan G Way
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781087848501
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Suburban Howls written by Jonathan G Way and published by . This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the experiences and findings of a biologist studying eastern coyote ecology and behavior in urbanized eastern Massachusetts. It is written in layman's language and weaves in research results with personal experiences to give a fuller picture understand canid ecology and behavior while making it easy to read

Designing Small Parks

Author : Ann Forsyth
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471736805
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (717 download)

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Download or read book Designing Small Parks written by Ann Forsyth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-10-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Small Parks: A Manual for Addressing Social and Ecological Concerns provides guidelines for building better parks by integrating design criteria with current social and natural science research. Small parks are too often relegated to being the step-child of municipal and metropolitan open space systems because of assumptions that their small size and isolation limits their recreational capacity and makes them ecologically less valuable than large city and county parks. This manual is arranged around twelve topics that represent key questions, contradictions, or tensions in the design of small parks. Topics cover fundamental issues for urban parks, natural systems, and human aspects. Also included are useful case studies with alternative design solutions using three different approaches for integrating research findings into small urban park design.

A Handmade Wilderness

Author : Donald Schueler
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0544002911
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book A Handmade Wilderness written by Donald Schueler and published by HMH. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of an interracial gay couple bringing eighty acres back to life in 1960s Southern Mississippi: “This is no ordinary back-to-the-land book” (Sue Hubbell). In 1968, when Don G. Schueler and Willie Brown bought eighty acres in Mississippi, all they could afford was a piece of “least worst land”—a parcel that had been logged, burned, and ravaged, about twenty-five miles from the Gulf Coast. Moonshiners and poachers tried to scare them off, but the two stuck it out, restoring “The Place,” bringing back the flora and fauna, until they had created a handmade wilderness containing every ecosystem found in the region. This is the true story of their amazing journey. “Schueler and his partner purchased a bruised parcel of rural land, their goal to restore it to an ecologically balanced habitat for indigenous plant species and wildlife. Though his thoroughly engaging chronicle posits the dicey situation of a white man and a black man making a home in rural Mississippi in 1968, Schueler’s account is replete with amusing anecdotes that illuminate a quarter-century of interactions with neighbors vastly different from themselves and the conscientious caretaking efforts they expended. The saga embraces hurricane Camille’s destruction of a newly completed section of their house, and the fortitude that led them to build again, and the acquiring of a bevy of animals in the bargain.” —Booklist