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In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today’s wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in... read more
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- John Muir
- Carlos
- Elaine Brooks
- Ben
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- Narayan
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- Rachel Carson
- Nick
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- Southern California
- America
- United States
- Chicago
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- Dayton
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- Finland
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IF, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, we tramped through forests of Nebraska cottonwoods, or raised pigeons on a rooftop in Queens, or fished for Ozark bluegills, or felt the swell of a wave that traveled a thousand miles before lifting our boat, then we were bound to the natural world and remain so today.
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- Richard Louv (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 2005
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Page Count: 390
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- Dewey: 155.418
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