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Zen of the Plains: Experiencing Wild Western Places (Southwestern Nature Writing, Band 2) - Hardcover

Olstad, Tyra A.

 
9781574415520: Zen of the Plains: Experiencing Wild Western Places (Southwestern Nature Writing, Band 2)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1574415522 ISBN 13: 9781574415520
Verlag: University of North Texas Press,U.S., 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Although spare, sweeping landscapes may appear “empty,” plains and prairies afford a rich, unique aesthetic experience—one of quiet sunrises and dramatic storms, hidden treasures and abundant wildlife, infinite horizons and omnipresent wind, all worthy of contemplation and celebration. In this series of narratives, photographs, and hand-drawn maps, Tyra Olstad blends scholarly research with first-hand observation to explore topics such as wildness and wilderness, travel and tourism, preservation and conservation, expectations and acceptance, and even dreams and reality in the context of parks, prairies, and wild, open places. In so doing, she invites readers to reconsider the meaning of “emptiness” and ask larger, deeper questions such as: how do people experience the world? How do we shape places and how do places shape us? Above all, what does it mean to experience that exhilarating effect known as Zen of the plains?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

TYRA A. OLSTAD has worked as a seasonal park ranger, cave guide, and paleontology technician for the National Park Service and US Forest Service in Arizona, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, and Alaska. An alumna of Dartmouth College, the University of Wyoming, and Kansas State University, she currently teaches at SUNY Oneonta.

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Verlag
University of North Texas Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1574415522
ISBN 13 
9781574415520
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
269
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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