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In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was... read more

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I recall an experiment from school: we filled a cup with water-the surface area of the contents was only a few square inches.

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  1. Terry Tempest Williams (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN: 0679740244
Page Count: 336

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