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Island Year
Engelsk Paperback
Island Year
Engelsk Paperback

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In her first book, Island in the Sound, Heckman brought to life Anderson Island in Puget Sound, its people, its history, and its sadly vanishing way of life. Now, in this book, she brings the same clarity of vision, warmth, and insight to the natural life of her island, recording the cycle of the seasons as an appreciative and articulate observer.

This is a diary of the natural world where the same things happen again and again but are always new. Each month brings surprises, expected or not: the blossoming of the wild red flower currant in March, the appearance of a pod of killer whales in July. Mrs. Heckman’s gift to the reader, as in all of the best nature writing, is to let us see it through her eyes, as if never seen before.

But the developers have arrived, and the natural world of the Island is as threatened as the way of life of its people. Mrs. Heckman knows that Anderson Island is not the Grand Canyon, that its destruction will never arouse great public indignation, but while it exists as one of the ‘little wild places’ she is able to share it and her love for it.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
269
ISBN-13:
9780295993812
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295993812
Udg. Dato:
1 mar 2014
Længde:
17mm
Bredde:
153mm
Højde:
228mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
1 mar 2014
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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