Crossing Open Ground
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0684188171 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gary Sprandel said Door to a cathedral of nature. Lopez is concerned with our collective understanding of nature. From studying a Door to a cathedral of nature Lopez is concerned with our collective understanding of nature. From studying a 3000-year-old horse intaglio to looking for Anasazi granaries he seeks our ancestral relationships. The essays work best when he mixes his reflection with keen observations. Where the essays have a heavier philosoph. 000-year-old horse intaglio to looking for Anasazi granaries he seeks our ancestral relationships. The essays work best when he mixes his reflection with keen observations. Where the essays have a heavier philosoph. Food for the soul Excellent reading for those connected with the Earth. Food for the soul. One of the best gifts I have ever recieved.. The True Study of Nature and Place Patrick Michael Murphy Have you read any Barry Lopez? Do you enjoy learning about the American landscape and what lives there? Are you interested in fine, artistic prose mixed with a keen knowledge and observation of nature? This man is a wonderful writer who will make you feel and learn. Crossing Open Ground is an e
He restores to us the name for what it is we want." -- Philadelphia Inquirer"Barry Lopez is the best nature writer of our decade, repeatedly reminding us of the ages-old ties between the wild places and humanity." -- Sacramento Bee . "He makes the reader at home with himself and the world. Through his crystalline vision, Lopez urges us toward a new attitude, a re-enchantment with the world that is vital to our sense of place, our well-beingour very survival."Lopez looks at flocks of geese, and bull riders, and the tracks of Arctic fox in the snow, and then he tells us about ourselves. Anyone who has ever felt lost should read this book."-- San Francisco ChronicleBarry Lopez, winner of the 1996 American Book Award for Arctic Dreams, weaves the same invigorating spell in Crossing Open Ground
Touching on themes of friendship and community obligation, helping us to understand how landscape touches the soul, here is a vision of the bond between mankind and the land and the betrayal of that bond. Thiis is a collection of 14 essays from the award-winning author of "Arctic Dreams". He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal, among others.. Barry Lopez has also written "Of Wolves and Men" and several collections of fiction including "Winter Count" and "River Notes"