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| #60063 in Books | 2006-09-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.50 x8.46 x10.94l,3.00 | File type: PDF | 480 pages||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| I love the book, but want more!|By L. Reznicek|If I have one complaint about this book (which is really an encouragement) it's that it could be much larger. Each one of the contributing authors (and some who were not tapped into) could add many more words, and hopefully will in an expanded edition at some point. I've started with Pattiann Rogers and am adding well-loved words|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . How to define an arroyo, badlands, eddy, a muskeg? What is a desire path, a kiss tank, a nubble? These words, many forgotten today, refer to various aspects of a landscape
Barry Lopez asked 45 poets and writers to define terms that describe America’s land and water forms phrases like flatiron, bayou, monadnock, kiss tank, meander bar, and everglade. The result is a major enterprise comprising over 850 descriptions, 100 line drawings, and 70 quotations from works by Willa Cather, Truman Capote, John Updike, Cormac McCarthy, and others. Carefully researched and exquisitely written by talents such as Barbara Kingsolver, Lan Sama...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape | From Trinity University Press. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
