Beyond The Aspen Grove

Author : Ann Zwinger
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555662790
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Aspen Grove written by Ann Zwinger and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colorado Rockies are Ann Zwinger's subject in prose and drawing. There, 8,300 feet above sea level, summer is short and winter long and often harsh; it is a place where much of life exists on the margin. In good years the grasses are lush; in bad years, even the mice starve. But it is a land the Zwingers have lovingly explored and recorded, careful not to disrupt the balance of the land, the relationship of plant to animal and of each to its environment.These forty acres, called Constant Friendship after the Maryland land her ancestor settled in the early 1730s, are a place of all seasons, for even in winter there is a promise of spring, and in spring the foretaste of summer. The white of snow becomes the white of summer clouds, the resonant green of spruce becomes the green head of drake mallard ... here part of each season is contained in every other.In beautiful and simple language and with 80 illustrations, Beyond the Aspen Grove tells of meadow, lake, marsh and forest, of algae and dragonflies, of deer and jays that live in the thin clear air of the mountain world.

Author : Jeff Lee
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555663933
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Landscape of Home written by Jeff Lee and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of some of the most evocative writing focusing on our vast natural heritage, along with pieces that address pressing land issues facing the West. This collection not only paints a vivid portrait of life in the Rocky Mountains, it also presents some of the finest nonfiction writing to be found in America today. This is a perfect selection that is bound to sink reader's roots deeper in the landscape of home.

Author : Sidney I. Dobrin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791483894
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Environments written by Sidney I. Dobrin and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing Environments addresses the intersections between writing and nature through interviews with some of America's leading environmental writers. Those interviewed include Rick Bass, Cheryll Glotfelty, Annette Kolodny, Max Oelschlaeger, Simon J. Ortiz, David Quammen, Janisse Ray, Scott Russell Sanders, Edward O. Wilson, and Ann H. Zwinger. From the standpoints of activists, scientists, naturalists, teachers, and highly visible writers, the interviewees consider how different environments have influenced them, how their writing affects environments, and the ways readers experience environments. The interviews are followed by critical responses from writing scholars. This diverse range of voices speaks lucidly and captivatingly about topics such as place, writing, teaching, politics, race, and culture, and how these overlap in many complex ways.

Author : Ann Zwinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shaped by Wind and Water written by Ann Zwinger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for her observant and beautifully illustrated books on the rivers, deserts, and mountains of the West, Zwinger focuses on her guiding principles as a naturalist as she "looks" with notebook and pencil, believing that "to know the world intimately is the beginning of caring". Illustrations.

Author : Jane Fulkerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734330519
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aspen Grove written by Jane Fulkerson and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aspen Grove is a story about a third generation Irish immigrant family living in Colorado in 1883. Daniel O'Neal, his wife Johanna, their daughter Sarah and their hired hands live a frugal but rewarding life raising cattle. A catastrophic event changes all of their lives forever and their friends and neighbors must come to their aid. Sheriff Nathan Westphal and his Deputy Wilf Bennington, two men who served on opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon Line during the Civil War, seek to bring justice to the devastated family. An unexpected twist takes the story in a different direction.

Author : Dennis H. Knight
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300068566
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mountains and Plains written by Dennis H. Knight and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the rich diversity of plant and animal life of the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the intermountain basins in Wyoming and adjacent states. The author surveys the geologic history of such diverse environments as Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Park and the Black Hills.

Author : Melanie Louise Simo
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813925004
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literature of Place written by Melanie Louise Simo and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Literature of Place Melanie Simo looks beyond crowded malls and boarded-up storefronts on Main Street to our collective memory, finding answers to these questions in stories, novels, memoirs, poetry, essays, diaries, travel writing, and nature writing that range in origin from New England and the Southern Highlands to Hawaii and in subject from little gardens to lost or reinhabited places in cities, mill towns, deserts, and woodlands. In her consideration of selected American works from 1890 to 1970 - years that mark the closing of the Western frontier and later openings in space exploration, environmental protection, genetic engineering, and cyberspace - Simo uncovers a literature of place and the often-surprising relationship of place to our daily lives."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : George A. Cevasco
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801891523
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern American Environmentalists written by George A. Cevasco and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern American Environmentalists profiles the lives and contributions of nearly 140 major figures during the twentieth-century environmental movement. Included are iconic environmentalists such as Rachel Carson, E. O. Wilson, Gifford Pinchot, and Al Gore, and important but less expected names, including John Steinbeck and Allen Ginsberg. The entries recount how each individual became active in environmental conservation, detail his or her significant contributions, trace the influence of each on future efforts, and discuss the person's legacy. The individuals selected for the book displayed either an unparalleled commitment to the conservation, preservation, restoration, and enhancement of the natural environment or made a major contribution to the growth of environmentalism during its first century. With a foreword by environmental historian Everett I. Mendolsohn, a time line of key environmental events, a bibliography of groundbreaking works, and an index organized by specialization, this biographical encyclopedia is a handy and complete guide to the major people involved in the modern American environmental movement. -- Mark Harvey

Author : Viet Thanh Nguyen
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802189350
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Refugees written by Viet Thanh Nguyen and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Beautiful and heartrending” fiction set in Vietnam and America from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker) In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Viet Thanh Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. This incisive collection by the National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of The Committed gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her with a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of migration. “Terrific.” —Chicago Tribune “An important and incisive book.” —The Washington Post “An urgent, wonderful collection.” —NPR

Author : Madelyn Holmes
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786417838
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Women Conservationists written by Madelyn Holmes and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of biographies describes twelve women conservationists who helped change the ways Americans interact with the natural environment. Their writings led Americans to think differently about their land--deserts are not wastelands, swamps have value, and harmful insects don't have to be controlled chemically. These women not only wrote on behalf of conservation of the American landscape but also described strategies for living exemplary, environmentally sound lives during the past century. From a bird lover to a "back to the land" activist, these women gave early warning of the detrimental effects of neglecting conservation. The main part of this work covers six historical figures who pioneered in their thinking and writing about the environment: Mary Austin, Florence Merriam Bailey, Rosalie Edge, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Helen Nearing, and Rachel Carson. A later chapter gives portraits of six post-World War II conservationists: Faith McNulty, Ann Zwinger, Sue Hubbell, Anne LaBastille, Mollie Beattie, and Terry Tempest Williams. The work covers a broad range of conservationist concerns, including preservation of deserts and old growth forests, wildlife protection, wetlands maintenance, self-sufficient sustainable ways of producing food, and pollution control. A conclusion examines where conservationists have picked up after Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and gives conservation ideas for our time. An appendix lists the published writings of the twelve conservationists.