American Nature Writing 1998 - Softcover

MURRAY, John A.

9780871569486: American Nature Writing 1998

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871569485 ISBN 13: 9780871569486

Publisher: Sierra Club Books, 1998

This newest in the Sierra Club's acclaimed Nature Writing series includes autobiographical writings, essays, short stories, and poetry that communicate a passion for nature which enhances our appreciation of a wide range of landscapes and wildlife. Diverse in mood and setting, the 19 selections, including 7 in print for the first time, represent the best of the genre. Contributors include Rick Bass, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams and many others.

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From the Publisher:

The eighth edition of this acclaimed series offers a showcase for contemporary nature writing at the start of the new millennium. With subjects as diverse as the far-flung locations they describe, the twenty writers featured here share one objective: to show us that we need only look outdoors to find something worthy of our attention.

In these pages, readers encounter a profusion of natural settings:
--Larry Glass considers the contrast between urban and rural life from his Allegheny Mountain retreat.
--Carol Kosarek records a violent encounter between her dog and an injured calf in the hill country of Texas.
--Louise Wagenknecht examines the impact that the Pacific Northwest logging industry had on her childhood.
--Gretchen Yost recounts her experience fighting fires in Wyoming's Wind River Range.
--David Petersen reflects on elk hunting in Colorado.
--Bill Sherwonit contemplates the flora and fauna near his suburban Anchorage home.

Whether their explorations take them to the north shore of Lake Michigan or to the far reaches of Southern Uganda, these writers, both established and emerging voices, demonstrate the continuing vitality of this literature of place.

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ieces of nature writing from the previous year presents 22 rich and varied selections from such celebrated nature writers as Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams and Rick Bass.

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