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The Wild Marsh

Author : Rick Bass
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547525400
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Wild Marsh written by Rick Bass and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of one year in the Yaak Valley wilderness range, by the acclaimed naturalist and memoirist. Beginning with his family settling in for the long northwestern Montana winter, and capturing all the subtle harbingers of change that mark each passing month—the initial cruel teasing of spring, the splendor and fecundity of summer, and the bittersweet memories evoked by fall—this is a beautiful evocation of the “fauna, flora and folks” in this rugged and spectacular landscape (Publishers Weekly, starred review). It is full of rich observation about what it takes to live in the valley—toughness, improvisation and, of course, duct tape. The Wild Marsh is also poignant, especially as the author reflects on what it means for his young daughters to grow up surrounded by the strangeness and wonder of nature. He shares with them the Yaak’s little secrets—where the huckleberries are best in a dry year, where to find a grizzly’s claw marks in an old cedar—and discovers that passing on this intimate local knowledge, the knowledge of home, is a kind of rare and valuable love. Bass emerges not just as a writer but as a father, a neighbor, and a gifted observer, uniquely able to bring us close to the drama and sanctity of small things, ensuring that though the wilderness is increasingly at risk, the voice of the wilderness will not disappear. “A work of wonder, praise, and thanksgiving for all the marvels of nature, where every aspect is connected and every process has its place. Bass, grounding his book in science well, takes the facts and transforms them, as a musician transforms musical notes, into a work of great beauty. This walk through a year is a walk through the author’s soul, filled with passions, dreams, fears, and the exuberance of Walt Whitman.” —School Library Journal, starred review “Whether the topic is a forest fire in his front yard or the excitement of the first tiny cheerful glacier lilies in spring, Rick Bass is a stirring companion on the trail that leads west from the Walden Pond of Henry David Thoreau and the Sand County of Aldo Leopold.” —Ivan Doig, author of The Whistling Season

Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir

Author : Linnie Marsh Wolfe
Publisher : Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir written by Linnie Marsh Wolfe and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1945, this biography won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946. Its author worked for twenty-two years on John Muir, including as secretary of the John Muir Association and as editor of Muir’s unpublished papers. She interviewed many family members and people who knew and worked with John Muir to produce this account of Muir’s life. She recounts Muir’s Scottish origins, his early years in the harsh Wisconsin wilderness, his remarkable mechanical aptitude and interest in botany and geology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he spent two and a half years before traveling to the Canadian wilderness, and then to California where he spent most of his life. “[A] well-balanced, informative and rewarding biography.” — Kirkus Reviews “Into this biography of John Muir, Mrs. Wolfe has packed an amazing amount of factual information which she has illuminated with a sober critical judgment that gives us a convincing portrait of the whole man.” — Francis P. Farquhar, Pacific Historical Review “Linnie Marsh Wolfe almost singlehandedly restored John Muir to the respectability and stature he always deserved... [Son of the Wilderness] should be on the reference shelves of anyone seriously interested in American environmental history.” — John Opie, Environmental History Review “[A]n interesting personal biography... [Wolfe] creates Muir as a living personality — mystical but athletic, enthusiastic about nature but socially abrupt — a sort of middle-aged Thoreau.” — Alexander Kern, Journal of American History “By immersing herself in Muir’s life, for example, by soaking in his correspondence and journals, [Wolfe] was able to craft what amounts to a first-person narrative, the autobiography he never wrote for himself.” — Char Miller, John Muir Newsletter

Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie

Author : Kelly Kindscher
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700637028
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie written by Kelly Kindscher and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-11-04 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field guide, we find that foraging has always been an important part of prairie life. Before colonization, Native American women were the primary gatherers of wild plants, which were an abundant, sustainable, and delicious feature of Indigenous diets. Colonizers reduced the significance of wild plants in prairie life as they relocated Native peoples and imposed their agrarian culture on the land, but these Indigenous foodways were never truly lost. In the recent past, foraging has become a tremendously popular way for many peoples to connect with the earth, promote sustainability, and revive and honor cultural food traditions. In this beautifully illustrated new edition, Kindscher explores 117 wild plants of the prairie, offering information about habitat, food use, and cultivation. Color photos and maps make this stunning book a useful foraging guide for anyone to take out into the prairie. A must-have for enthusiasts and professionals alike, Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie gives us the great opportunity to engage with the land we live in.

On the Marsh

Author : Simon Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471168512
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book On the Marsh written by Simon Barnes and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How writer Simon Barnes rewilded the marshland next to his garden to attract new species and to bring inspiration to his family

The Marsh King’s Daughter

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8726417391
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Marsh King’s Daughter written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From generation to generation, storks have been telling and handing down stories. Two are heard more often than the others: the first is that of Moses, which a lot of us know, but the second is less widely known. This story goes back a long time to when a father stork joined a mother stork to tell her of a terrible scene he had witnessed in the marsh... Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

Drawing Lines in the Forest

Author : Kevin R. Marsh
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989866
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Drawing Lines in the Forest written by Kevin R. Marsh and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing boundaries around wilderness areas often serves a double purpose: protection of the land within the boundary and release of the land outside the boundary to resource extraction and other development. In Drawing Lines in the Forest, Kevin R. Marsh discusses the roles played by various groups—the Forest Service, the timber industry, recreationists, and environmentalists—in arriving at these boundaries. He shows that pragmatic, rather than ideological, goals were often paramount, with all sides benefiting. After World War II, representatives of both logging and recreation use sought to draw boundaries that would serve to guarantee access to specific areas of public lands. The logging industry wanted to secure a guaranteed supply of timber, as an era of stewardship of the nation's public forests gave way to an emphasis on rapid extraction of timber resources. This spawned a grassroots preservationist movement that ultimately challenged the managerial power of the Forest Service. The Wilderness Act of 1964 provided an opportunity for groups on all sides to participate openly and effectively in the political process of defining wilderness boundaries. The often contentious debates over the creation of wilderness areas in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington represent the most significant stages in the national history of wilderness conservation since World War II: Three Sisters, North Cascades and Glacier Peak, Mount Jefferson, Alpine Lakes, French Pete, and the state-wide wilderness acts of 1984.

The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales

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Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624660347
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (246 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Age of Folk and Fairy Tales written by and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, attitudes toward history and national identity fostered a romantic rediscovery of folk and fairy tales. This is the period of the Golden Age of folk and fairy tales, when European folklorists sought to understand and redefine the present through the common tales of the past, and long neglected stories became recognized as cultural treasures. In this rich collection, distinguished expert of fairy tales Jack Zipes continues his lifelong exploration of the story-telling tradition with a focus on the Golden Age. Included are one hundred eighty-two tales--many available in English for the first time--grouped into eighteen tale types. Zipes provides an engaging general Introduction that discusses the folk and fairy tale tradition, the impact of the Brothers Grimm, and the significance of categorizing tales into various types. Short introductions to each tale type that discuss its history, characteristics, and variants provide readers with important background information. Also included are annotations, short biographies of folklorists of the period, and a substantial bibliography. Eighteen original art works by students of the art department of Anglia Ruskin University not only illustrate the eighteen tale types, but also provide delightful—and sometimes astonishing—21st-century artistic interpretations of them.

Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1626862753
Total Pages : 923 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Hans Christian Andersen's Complete Fairy Tales written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 923 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic tales of fairies and princesses, ducklings and dancing shoes from the master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen. All the best-loved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, including “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” “The Red Shoes,” “The Princess on the Pea,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” fill the pages of this beautiful edition. Also included is “The Tallow Candle”—one of the earliest stories written by Andersen, just discovered recently! A great book of bedtime stories or for rainy day reading, as there are both short and long anecdotes included. Curl up with this collection of classics and lose yourself in childhood memories.

Wild Cowboy Country

Author : Erin Marsh
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492670928
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Wild Cowboy Country written by Erin Marsh and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in a hot new cowboy romance series by author Erin Marsh, featuring cowboys dealing with wild animals on their land Clay Stevens desperately wants to reclaim his grandfather's land, using the latest techniques to bring water to the arid landscape. The last thing he needs is wild wolves on his ranch—even if they are brought there by feisty and determined conservation officer Lacey Montgomery. Lacey is convinced the ranchers and the lobos can co-exist, until Clay's nephew and his friends cause a landslide that injures some rare Mexican wolf pups and Lacey gets hurt too. Clay and Lacey have to work together to heal old wounds and reconcile community factions, if they're going to have any chance at the bright future they both envision.

Winter

Author : Rick Bass
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395611500
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Winter written by Rick Bass and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1991 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes winter in a remote valley of inhabitants, the last valley in Montana without electricity.

The Wild Marsh

Author : Rick Bass
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780547055169
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book The Wild Marsh written by Rick Bass and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exuberant, nuanced celebration of the passing of a year in Rick Bass's beloved Yaak Valley--a new classic from the acclaimed nature writer.

Views from the Loft

Author : Daniel Slager
Publisher : Milkweed Editions
ISBN 13 : 1571318135
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Views from the Loft written by Daniel Slager and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Packed with inspirational, useful, and thought-provoking essays on the craft of writing from some of the best writers around.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune Teachers, exercises, mentors, critiques, humor, and inspiration: these form the fuel all writers need when they get down to work every day. For decades the Loft Literary Center has provided this fuel to an enormous community of writers. Views from the Loft brings together the collected wisdom of that community—its authors, students, and editors—giving anyone the tools and inspiration necessary to thrive in the writing life. A who’s who of writers on writing ranging from the National Book Award–winning poet Mark Doty to Newbery Medal–winning children’s author Kate DiCamillo, and touching on issues as delicate as the representation of family in memoir and as hilarious as a “sad-epiphany poem” mad lib for frustrated poets, this book is an essential collection of crucial tips and challenging questions for everyone who puts pen to page. The essays and interviews in this book include superstar writers like Rick Bass, Michael Cunningham, Grace Paley, Jim Moore, Kathleen Norris, Susan Power, Susan Straight, Bao Phi, Marilyn Hacker, Shannon Olson, R.D. Zimmerman, Lorna Landvik, Vivian Gornick, Yehuda Amichai, and many more.

George Perkins Marsh

Author : David Lowenthal
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989858
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book George Perkins Marsh written by David Lowenthal and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Perkins Marsh (1801–1882) was the first to reveal the menace of environmental misuse, to explain its causes, and to prescribe reforms. David Lowenthal here offers fresh insights, from new sources, into Marsh’s career and shows his relevance today, in a book which has its roots in but wholly supersedes Lowenthal’s earlier biography George Perkins Marsh: Versatile Vermonter (1958). Marsh’s devotion to the repair of nature, to the concerns of working people, to women’s rights, and to historical stewardship resonate more than ever. His Vermont birthplace is now a national park chronicling American conservation, and the crusade he launched is now global. Marsh’s seminal book Man and Nature is famed for its ecological acumen. The clue to its inception lies in Marsh’s many-sided engagement in the life of his time. The broadest scholar of his day, he was an acclaimed linguist, lawyer, congressman, and renowned diplomat who served 25 years as U.S. envoy to Turkey and to Italy. He helped found and guide the Smithsonian Institution, shaped the Washington Monument, penned potent tracts on fisheries and on irrigation, spearheaded public science, art, and architecture. He wrote on camels and corporate corruption, Icelandic grammar and Alpine glaciers. His pungent and provocative letters illuminate life on both sides of the Atlantic. Like Darwin’s Origin of Species, Marsh’s Man and Nature marked the inception of a truly modern way of looking at the world, of taking care lest we irreversibly degrade the fabric of humanized nature we are bound to manage. Marsh’s ominous warnings inspired reforestation, watershed management, soil conservation, and nature protection in his day and ours. George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation was awarded the Association for American Geographers' 2000 J. B. Jackson Prize. The book was also on the shortlist for the first British Academy Book Prize, awarded in December 2001.

Lectures on Man

Author : Carl Christoph Vogt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Man written by Carl Christoph Vogt and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lectures on Man

Author : Karl Christoph Vogt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lectures on Man written by Karl Christoph Vogt and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History and Antiquities of Enfield, in the County of Middlesex. With Appendices. ... With a Coloured Plan of the Parish, and Sixty-five Other Engravings

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Author : William ROBINSON (LL.D., Barrister-at-Law.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The History and Antiquities of Enfield, in the County of Middlesex. With Appendices. ... With a Coloured Plan of the Parish, and Sixty-five Other Engravings written by William ROBINSON (LL.D., Barrister-at-Law.) and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Century Dictionary

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1346 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Century Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 1346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: