- Conservation of natural resources, Wilderness areas, Conservation des ressources naturelles, Réserves de la vie sauvage
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
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Earnest, grave, cool and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- John McPhee
- First published
- 1971
- Pages
- 245
- Publisher
- Books On Tape, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, The Noonday Press
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780374148225
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“A small cabin stands in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, about a hundred yards off a trail that crosses the Cascade Range.”
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