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Crossing Open Ground
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Crossing Open Ground Paperback - 1989

by Lopez, Barry Holstun

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books / Random House, 1989. Pictorial wraps are lightly scuffed, spine unbent. Sheet edges have mild finger smudging. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. There is a library pocket on fep, but no other library markings. . First Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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  • Title Crossing Open Ground
  • Author Lopez, Barry Holstun
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Printing
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage Books / Random House, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1989
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 003634
  • ISBN 9780679721833 / 0679721835
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.14 x 5.18 x 0.59 in (20.68 x 13.16 x 1.50 cm)
  • Reading level 1220
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Western U.S.
    • Holiday: Earth Day
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88082390
  • Dewey Decimal Code 814.54

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From the publisher

Barry Lopez is the author of six works of nonfiction and eight works of fiction. His writing appears regularly in Harper's, The Paris Review, DoubleTake, and The Georgia Review. He is the recipient of a National Book Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other honors. He lives in western Oregon.

From the rear cover

Barry Lopez, winner of the 1986 American Book Award for 'Arctic Dreams, ' weaves the same invigorating spell in 'Crossing Open Ground.' Through his crystalline vision, Lopez urges us toward a new attitude, a re-enchantment with the world that is vital to our sense of place, our well-being...our very survival.

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"He makes the reader at home with himself and the world. Anyone who has ever felt lost should read this book."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

Barry Lopez, winner of the 1996 American Book Award for Arctic Dreams, weaves the same invigorating spell in Crossing Open Ground. Through his crystalline vision, Lopez urges us toward a new attitude, a re-enchantment with the world that is vital to our sense of place, our well-being..our very survival.

"Lopez looks at flocks of geese, and bull riders, and the tracks of Arctic fox in the snow, and then he tells us about ourselves. He restores to us the name for what it is we want." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"Barry Lopez is the best nature writer of our decade, repeatedly reminding us of the ages-old ties between the wild places and humanity." -- Sacramento Bee

About the author

Barry Lopez is the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, a novella-length fable. He contributed regularly to both American and foreign journals and traveled to more than seventy countries to conduct research. He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and was honored by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work. He died in 2020.

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