READING THE MOUNTAINS OF HOME.
by Elder, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674748883
- ISBN 13
- 9780674748880
- Seller
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA:: Harvard University Press,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A book discussing the author's exploration of a northeastern mountain habitat, in this case the Bristol Cliffs Wilderness area near the author's home in Vermont. He hike through this "new" wilderness area, the result of a 1974 act, protecting re-forested (formerly farmed) mountains, noting the many subtle changes and details, and using Robert Frost's poem "Directive" as a guide. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with maps and drawings by Mal Schroder. Notes, selected readings, index. x, 253 pp
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- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
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- 80000
- Title
- READING THE MOUNTAINS OF HOME.
- Author
- Elder, John
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674748883
- ISBN 13
- 9780674748880
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press,
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA:
- Date Published
- (1998)
- Keywords
- nature and environment, hiking, vermont, Bristol Cliffs Wilderness area, Robert Frost, natural history, green mountains,
- Bookseller catalogs
- New England or East coast;
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