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Literature for a Land Ethic
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Distinguished writers, including John McPhee, Barry Lopez, William Kittredge, Ann Zwinger, and Mark Strand, speak out on the necessity to protect and preserve America's wilderness habitats in the face of assaults on government-protected lands by miners, developers, and other... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
First Sentence edit
TO BEAR TESTIMONY is to bear witness; we speak from the truth of our lives.
Table of Contents edit
An Act of Faith
Introduction: Bearing Witness
In Praise of Emptiness
Our Gardens, Our Canyons
Decision Time
Glen Canyon on the Colorado
Untouched Country
Visionary Mammals
Basin and Range
How Wonderful We Are
Waiting on Wisdom
Bloodlines
The Wingate and Time
A World Not Lost
Vantage
The Thigh Bone of a Mouse
At Home in the World
A Redrock Place of the Heart
Sanity
A Visit to Mom's
A Tithe to the Wild
Wilderness Credo
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Appendix
-History of Testimony
--Letter Sent to Contributors
-- Letters Sent to Congress
-Utah Wilderness
--Citizen Action Organizations
-- Map of Utah Wilderness Areas
--America's Redrock Wilderness
-The American Wilderness
--List of United States Wilderness Areas
--Map of United States Wilderness Areas
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Literature for a Land Ethic. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stephen Trimble (Compiler)
- Terry Tempest Williams (Compiler)
Other Contributors:
- T. H. Watkins (Contributor) - Introduction: Bearing Witness
- Ann Weiler Walka (Contributor) - In Praise of Emptiness
- Stephen Trimble (Contributor) - An Act of Faith, Our Gardens, Our Canyons
- Karen Shepherd (Contributor) - Decision Time
- Richard Shelton (Contributor) - Glen Canyon on the Colorado
- Rick Bass (Contributor) - Untouched Country
- Ellen Meloy (Contributor) - Visionary Mammals
- John McPhee (Contributor) - Basin and Range
- Mark Strand (Contributor) - How Wonderful We Are
- Barry H. Lopez (Contributor) - Waiting on Wisdom
- Terry Tempest Williams (Contributor) - An Act of Faith; Bloodlines
- Charles F. Wilkinson (Contributor) - The Wingate and Time
- Olive Ghiselin (Contributor) - A World Not Lost
- Brewster Ghiselin (Contributor) - Vantage
- Ann Zwinger (Contributor) - The Thigh Bone of a Mouse
- N. Scott Momaday (Contributor) - At Home in the World
- Gary Paul Nabhan (Contributor) - A Redrock Place of the Heart
- William Kittredge (Contributor) - Sanity
- Donald Snow (Contributor) - A Visit to Mom's
- Thomas J. Lyon (Contributor) - A Tithe to the Wild
- Margaret E. Murie (Contributor) - Wilderness Credo
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 1571312129
Page Count: 112
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 1571312129
Page Count: 112
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: QH76.5.U8 T47 1996
- Dewey: 333.7821609792
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › 20th Century
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Earth Sciences › Environmental Science
- Books › Science › Nature & Ecology › Natural Resources
- Books › Science › Earth Sciences › Environmental Science
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Ecology
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Nature Writing
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Reference
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Natural Resources
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Conservation
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