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Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
Bonnie Henderson
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Description for Strand: An Odyssey of Pacific Ocean Debris
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; WNCS1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 6350.
In Strand, travel writer and amateur naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the stories of wrack washed up on the mile-long stretch of Oregon beach she has walked regularly for more than a decade. Henderson's writing conveys both a keen attention to the specifics of place and an expansive field of vision. The burned hull of a long-abandoned fishing boat, a glass fishing float, the egg case of a skate, a beached minke whale, an unusual number of dead murres, and an athletic shoe are the starting points for essays that reach across the globe. Henderson takes readers from Coos Bay, Oregon, ... Read more
In Strand, travel writer and amateur naturalist Bonnie Henderson traces the stories of wrack washed up on the mile-long stretch of Oregon beach she has walked regularly for more than a decade. Henderson's writing conveys both a keen attention to the specifics of place and an expansive field of vision. The burned hull of a long-abandoned fishing boat, a glass fishing float, the egg case of a skate, a beached minke whale, an unusual number of dead murres, and an athletic shoe are the starting points for essays that reach across the globe. Henderson takes readers from Coos Bay, Oregon, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870712999
SKU
V9780870712999
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Ref
99-15
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