The place within : portraits of the American landscape by twenty contemporary writers / edited by Jodi Daynard.

Other author Daynard, Jodi.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Norton, ©1997.
Description268 pages : map ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Map for hummingbirds, Montana / Ellen Meloy -- Swamp as metaphor, Georgia / Harry Crews -- Hallelujah, Maine / Alan Lightman -- Grandeur of the Grand Canyon, Nevada / Diane Ackerman -- Clovelly, Virginia / Suzanne Berne -- Late victorians, San Francisco, CA / Richard Rodriguez -- Suburbia, USA, Westchester, NY / Jodi Daynard -- Journey to Trinity, New Mexico / Bradford Morrow -- Mountain Music, Colorado / Scott Russell Sanders -- Manhattan, floating world, New York City -- Phillip Lopate -- Solace of open spaces, Wyoming / Gretel Ehrlich.
Contents Dreaming of trees, South Dakota / Kathleen Norris -- St. Louis, Missouri / Gerald Early -- Taking care of our horses, Oregon / William Kittredge -- Chicago waters, Chicago, IL / Susan Power -- Fire in the valley, Alaska / Natalie Kusz -- Day of roads, Cape Cod, MA / Robert Finch -- Winter, New Hampshire / Donald Hall -- Florida, Key West, FL / Joy Williams -- Place above America, NASA space shuttle, space / Jeffrey A. Hoffman.
General noteMap of United States of America on endpapers.
LCCN 96013708
ISBN0393039994

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS509.L3 P53 1997 ✔ Available Place Hold