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Author:
Lewis, Corey Lee, 1972-
Title:
Reading the trail : exploring the literature and natural history of the California crest / Corey Lee Lewis.
Publisher:
University of Nevada Press,
Copyright Date:
c2005
Description:
xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
American literature--California--History and criticism.
Austin, Mary,--1868-1934--California.--California.
Authors, American--Homes and haunts--California.
Muir, John,--1838-1914--California.--California.
Snyder, Gary,--1930---California.--California.
Natural history--Pacific Crest Trail.
Environmental protection in literature
Pacific Crest Trail--In literature.
California--Intellectual life.
Natural history--California.
California--In literature.
Ecology in literature
Nature in literature
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-236) and index.
Contents:
Readers and writers of the California crest trail -- Environmental education and the ecological crisis -- Mary Austin in the land of little rain -- Protecting arid lands with Austin's aesthetics -- John Muir on the range of light -- Field journaling with Muir in mind -- Gary Snyder at Kitkitdizze -- Putting Snyder's reinhabitory principles into practice -- In the footsteps of literary activists -- Education for cultural transformation.
Series:
Environmental arts and humanities series
ISBN:
9780874176056
0874176050 (alk. paper)
9780874176063
0874176069 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56617166
LCCN:
2004023019
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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