Leaning Sycamores: Natural Worlds of the Upper Potomac - Hardcover

Wennerstrom, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801851890 ISBN 13: 9780801851896

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Jack Wennerstrom

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Críticas:

"Wennerstrom's writing is at its best when he extols the joy of simply messing about in boats -- in this case, an inflatable dinghy in which he fishes and explores, drifts and ponders. He sees the river as a healer of spirits and a weaver of spells, and manages to put into languid prose the essence of that healing, the scent and succor of its flow." -- Bird Watcher's Digest

"What has saved the tall sycamores of the Upper Potomac, Jack Wennerstrom theorizes, is their failure to lend themselves to human convenience... Too bad for utilitarians, but bully for lovers of majesty." -- Washington Post Book World

Reseña del editor:

"The persistent theme... is water and trees," Jack Wennerstrom writes of the upper Potomac. "The recurring signposts of gnarled and woody glory are the sycamores, which lean along the banks like static titans... great flawed and broken windmills to be tilted at by madmen. I am one of those madmen." Jack Wennerstrom's passionate and abiding interest in the Potomac makes him the ideal guide to the river and its environs. In Leaning Sycamores, he invites us to explore the rugged beauty and rich human history of the Potomac's upper reaches. The flow and rush of the current, the leaning bankside trees, the rocks and flowers, the people, places, and wildlife -- all are lovingly observed and connected in his warmly personal account. In ten gracefully written chapters, Wennerstrom describes the river's geology and natural history, its long record of human habitation, and the ecology of its plants and animals. He relates memorable encounters with people who live and work along its banks, as well as time spent alone, fishing, rafting, and hiking. He writes of the magic of moving water and its powerful effect on mind and spirit.

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• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0801851890
• ISBN 13: 9780801851896
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248