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TITLE: |
A natural history of nature writing / Frank Stewart. |
AUTHOR: |
Stewart, Frank, 1946- |
PUBLISHED: |
Washington, D.C. : Island Press ; Covelo, Calif. : Shearwater Books, c1995. |
DESCRIPTION: |
xxiii, 279 p. ; 23 cm. |
NOTES: |
"A Shearwater book." |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-270) and index. |
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Library Journal |
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Publisher's Weekly |
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New York Times |
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Study of the unique literary form of nature writing and some of the authors who have contributed to it, from Thoreau, with his spiritual insights, to Edward Abbey, an ecological activist. |
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Interest level: Adult |
SUBJECT: |
American prose literature--History and criticism. |
SUBJECT: |
Natural history--United States--Historiography. |
SUBJECT: |
Nature in literature. |
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