|
Product Description
Hailed by book reviewers as a "masterpiece," "gorgeous and fascinating," and "sheer pleasure," Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover. It was met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings. A language-lover's dream, this visionary reference revitalized a descriptive language for the American landscape by combining geography, literature, and folklore in one volume. This is a totally redesigned, near-pocket-sized field guide edition of the best-selling hardcover.Home Ground brings together 45 poets and writers to create more than 850 original definitions for words that describe our lands and waters. The writers draw from careful research and their own distinctive stylistic, personal, and regional diversity to portray in bright, precise prose the striking complexity of the landscapes we inhabit. Includes an introductory essay by Barry Lopez. At the heart of the book is a community of writers in service to their country, emphasizing a language suggesting the vastness and mystery that lie beyond our everyday words.
Features
- Used Book in Good Condition
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
- Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit
- The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot (Landscapes)
- The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland (Canons)
- About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
- The Wild Places (Landscapes)
- Arctic Dreams
- Underland: A Deep Time Journey
- Horizon
- Landmarks (Landscapes)
- The Lost Words
*If this is not the "Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape" product you were looking for, you can check the other results by clicking this link. Details were last updated on Nov 23, 2024 20:23 +08.