Thunder Tree: Lessons from an Urban Wildland [Paperback] Robert Michael Pyle and Richard Louv

Robert Michael Pyle

ISBN 10: 0870716026 / ISBN 13: 9780870716027

Editore: Oregon State University Press, 2011

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Oregon State University Press, 2011. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed and inscribed on a bookplate by author on half title page. Trade paperback with black photographic covers. 212 pp. Codice articolo 136200

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Titolo: Thunder Tree: Lessons from an Urban Wildland...

Casa editrice: Oregon State University Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2011

Legatura: Trade Paperback

Condizione: Used - Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket

autografato: Signed

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A prolific naturalist author, Pyle narrates a tale which is part memoir and part ecological argument, advocating for his belief in the importance of the urban wild and forwarding the idea of "extinction of experience" when such places are unprotected in the midst of modern development. Alternating deeply personal anecdotes with local history, he uses the High Line Canal in Denver, Colorado as a microcosm in which to illustrate the intense informal utilization of near-urban countryside, defend that terrain as a modern form of Commons, consider the repercussions of growth on an inherently limited ecosystem, and reflect on the cultural aftermath when this unique terrain dwindles in the contemporary landscape. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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