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Readings in Wood
John Leland
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Description for Readings in Wood
Paperback. Artful and comic essays of keen appreciation and thoughtful study of the invaluable wooded world Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 200.
Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood as a material that people have found essential in the creation of society and culture. Leland views with wit and erudition the natural world and the curious place of human beings as saviors and destroyers of this world.
At once personal memoir, natural history, and cultural criticism, the book reflects Leland's idiosyncratic vision. In one essay Leland asks the ... Read more
Award-winning nature writer John Leland offers a collection of twenty-seven short, poetic essays that marry science and the humanities as the author seeks meaning in trees. Readings in Wood is an investigation of trees and forests and also of wood as a material that people have found essential in the creation of society and culture. Leland views with wit and erudition the natural world and the curious place of human beings as saviors and destroyers of this world.
At once personal memoir, natural history, and cultural criticism, the book reflects Leland's idiosyncratic vision. In one essay Leland asks the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781611174588
SKU
V9781611174588
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Ref
99-3
About John Leland
John Leland is the author of several books published by the University of South Carolina Press including Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America, Learning the Valley: Excursions into the Shanandoah Valley, and Porcher's Creek: Lives between the Tides. Leland teaches English at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, USA.
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