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The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks, Terry Tempest Williams

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Summary
  • "A personal, lyrical, and idiosyncratic ode to our national parks"--
  • "For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the National Park Service, Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary celebration of our national parks, what they mean to us, and what we mean to them. Through twelve carefully chosen parks, from Yellowstone in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas, Tempest Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America. Our national parks stand at the intersection of humanity and wildness, and there's no one better than Tempest Williams to guide us there. Beautifully illustrated, with evocative black-and-white images by some of our finest photographers, from Lee Friedlander to Sally Mann to Sebastião Salgado, The Hour of Land will be a collector's item as well as a seminal work of environmental writing and criticism about some of America's most treasured landmarks"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
416 pages
Contents
  • A Poetic Crossing
  • Mapping the Territory
  • Introduction: By Definition : America's National Parks
  • Keep promise : Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
  • All this is what the wind knows : Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
  • What more shall we do to others : To otherness : Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida & Mississippi
  • "The stones, the steel, the galaxaies" : Acadia National Park, Maine
  • "There is no prevailing" : Gettysburg National Battlefield, Pennsylvania
  • Death yes but as a gathering : Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa
  • Any wind will tell you : Big Bend National Park, Texas
  • There is no private space : Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • We Are In Some Strange Wind Says the Wind : Canyonlands National Park, Utah
  • The bodies are all gone from it, the purchases have been made : Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California
  • It is so extreme this taking-the-place-of, this standing-in-for, this disappearing of all : Glacier National Park, Montana
  • I say to myself keep on, it will not be the end, not yet, my children sleep, not yet : Cesar Chavez National Monument and the future
  • Gallery
Isbn
9780374280093
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Instance
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The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks
Title
The hour of land
Title remainder
a personal topography of America's national parks
Statement of responsibility
Terry Tempest Williams
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "A personal, lyrical, and idiosyncratic ode to our national parks"--
  • "For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the National Park Service, Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary celebration of our national parks, what they mean to us, and what we mean to them. Through twelve carefully chosen parks, from Yellowstone in Wyoming to Acadia in Maine to Big Bend in Texas, Tempest Williams creates a series of lyrical portraits that illuminate the unique grandeur of each place while delving into what it means to shape a landscape with its own evolutionary history into something of our own making. Part memoir, part natural history, and part social critique, The Hour of Land is a meditation and manifesto on why wild lands matter to the soul of America. Our national parks stand at the intersection of humanity and wildness, and there's no one better than Tempest Williams to guide us there. Beautifully illustrated, with evocative black-and-white images by some of our finest photographers, from Lee Friedlander to Sally Mann to Sebastião Salgado, The Hour of Land will be a collector's item as well as a seminal work of environmental writing and criticism about some of America's most treasured landmarks"--
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contains biographical information
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Williams, Terry Tempest
Dewey number
333.780973
Index
no index present
LC call number
E160
LC item number
.W54 2016
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • Landscapes
  • Williams, Terry Tempest
  • Natural history
  • Human ecology
  • United States
  • NATURE
  • TRAVEL
  • TRAVEL
Label
The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks, Terry Tempest Williams
Link
http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/093/9780374280093/image/lgcover.9780374280093.jpg
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rdacontent
Contents
A Poetic Crossing -- Mapping the Territory -- Introduction: By Definition : America's National Parks -- Keep promise : Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming -- All this is what the wind knows : Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota -- What more shall we do to others : To otherness : Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida & Mississippi -- "The stones, the steel, the galaxaies" : Acadia National Park, Maine -- "There is no prevailing" : Gettysburg National Battlefield, Pennsylvania -- Death yes but as a gathering : Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa -- Any wind will tell you : Big Bend National Park, Texas -- There is no private space : Gates of the Arctic National Park -- We Are In Some Strange Wind Says the Wind : Canyonlands National Park, Utah -- The bodies are all gone from it, the purchases have been made : Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California -- It is so extreme this taking-the-place-of, this standing-in-for, this disappearing of all : Glacier National Park, Montana -- I say to myself keep on, it will not be the end, not yet, my children sleep, not yet : Cesar Chavez National Monument and the future -- Gallery
Control code
1642743
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
416 pages
Isbn
9780374280093
Lccn
2015042477
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1642743
  • (OCoLC)918995039
Label
The hour of land : a personal topography of America's national parks, Terry Tempest Williams
Link
http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/093/9780374280093/image/lgcover.9780374280093.jpg
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
A Poetic Crossing -- Mapping the Territory -- Introduction: By Definition : America's National Parks -- Keep promise : Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming -- All this is what the wind knows : Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota -- What more shall we do to others : To otherness : Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida & Mississippi -- "The stones, the steel, the galaxaies" : Acadia National Park, Maine -- "There is no prevailing" : Gettysburg National Battlefield, Pennsylvania -- Death yes but as a gathering : Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa -- Any wind will tell you : Big Bend National Park, Texas -- There is no private space : Gates of the Arctic National Park -- We Are In Some Strange Wind Says the Wind : Canyonlands National Park, Utah -- The bodies are all gone from it, the purchases have been made : Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California -- It is so extreme this taking-the-place-of, this standing-in-for, this disappearing of all : Glacier National Park, Montana -- I say to myself keep on, it will not be the end, not yet, my children sleep, not yet : Cesar Chavez National Monument and the future -- Gallery
Control code
1642743
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
416 pages
Isbn
9780374280093
Lccn
2015042477
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1642743
  • (OCoLC)918995039

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