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- catalog abstract "A deeply loved landscape holds us fast to the planet, says Sue Ellen Campbell, in this engaging exploration of our relationships with wild places. What lies at the core of such love? What draws us to a windblown mountaintop, the slickrock desert, the crash and roar of a whitewater river? What desires shape our wilderness journeys - backpacking, rafting, hiking - and what events, emotions, and ideas shape the stories we tell about them? Campbell explores these questions. Through personal narratives that float between memoir and meditation, nature essay and adventure story. She travels to a remote spot in Kenya, where thousands of flamingos "encircle the geysers and carpet the glassy lake." In the rainforests of Dominica, she marvels at parrots as "bits of green forest tipped with scarlet and given wing." But always she returns to the intimate landscapes of her home in the Rocky Mountain and desert West. There, a trudge into the Grand. Canyon becomes a pilgrimage into the earth's immensity. Layers of personal grubbiness offer an introduction to geology, and a comical obsession with equipment hints at how to live in the moment. A climb up a familiar mountain turns into a brush with death. By turns celebratory, funny, lyrical, and down-to-earth, Campbell's is an exuberant new voice that will appeal to many readers. Lovers of the outdoors, armchair travelers, and students of nature writing will find in. This book a field guide to the emotions and ideas set loose in us by wild places.".
- catalog contributor b9814934.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "A deeply loved landscape holds us fast to the planet, says Sue Ellen Campbell, in this engaging exploration of our relationships with wild places. What lies at the core of such love? What draws us to a windblown mountaintop, the slickrock desert, the crash and roar of a whitewater river? What desires shape our wilderness journeys - backpacking, rafting, hiking - and what events, emotions, and ideas shape the stories we tell about them? Campbell explores these questions.".
- catalog description "Canyon becomes a pilgrimage into the earth's immensity. Layers of personal grubbiness offer an introduction to geology, and a comical obsession with equipment hints at how to live in the moment. A climb up a familiar mountain turns into a brush with death. By turns celebratory, funny, lyrical, and down-to-earth, Campbell's is an exuberant new voice that will appeal to many readers. Lovers of the outdoors, armchair travelers, and students of nature writing will find in.".
- catalog description "Desire -- Equipment -- Finding the way -- Pristine -- Trudging -- Grandeur -- Misery -- Paying attention to detail -- Wildflowers -- Wild animals -- Fear -- Stunned by beauty -- The elements -- Basking in the sun -- Grubby -- Exotic -- Abundance -- The rare -- On the mountain -- Coming down.".
- catalog description "This book a field guide to the emotions and ideas set loose in us by wild places.".
- catalog description "Through personal narratives that float between memoir and meditation, nature essay and adventure story. She travels to a remote spot in Kenya, where thousands of flamingos "encircle the geysers and carpet the glassy lake." In the rainforests of Dominica, she marvels at parrots as "bits of green forest tipped with scarlet and given wing." But always she returns to the intimate landscapes of her home in the Rocky Mountain and desert West. There, a trudge into the Grand.".
- catalog extent "xii, 118 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0816516162 cloth (acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816516170 paper (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog subject "508 20".
- catalog subject "Natural history.".
- catalog subject "Nature.".
- catalog subject "QH81 .C3525 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Desire -- Equipment -- Finding the way -- Pristine -- Trudging -- Grandeur -- Misery -- Paying attention to detail -- Wildflowers -- Wild animals -- Fear -- Stunned by beauty -- The elements -- Basking in the sun -- Grubby -- Exotic -- Abundance -- The rare -- On the mountain -- Coming down.".
- catalog title "Bringing the mountain home / SueEllen Campbell.".
- catalog type "text".