| Edition |
1st Owl Book ed. |
| Description |
xii, 400 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
"A John Macrae book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-398). |
| Contents |
1927-37 : Stump Creek, West Virginia -- Hallelujah on the bum -- How it was -- Drunk in the afternoon -- Journal IV : November 10, 1951-Edinburgh, Scotland -- From the fool's progress -- From the brave cowboy -- Author's introduction to desert solitaire -- The first morning -- The serpents of paradise -- Polemic : industrial tourism and the national parks -- Tukuhnikivats, the island in the desert -- Appalachian pictures -- Appalachia, good-bye -- My life as a P.I.G., or the true adventures of smokey the cop -- From black sun -- 1971-77 : Henry in love, an interlude -- |
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The wooden shoe conspiracy -- The raid at comb wash -- Death Valley junk -- Meeting the bear -- Aravaipa Canyon -- A Colorado River journal -- From good news -- Desert images -- The damnation of a canyon -- Gather at the river -- River solitaire : a daybook -- Free speech : the cowboy and his cow -- Theory of anarchy -- Eco-defense -- Immigration and liberal taboos - A writer's credo -- Postlude to The Fool's Progress. |
| Subject |
Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Literary collections.
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Wilderness areas -- Literary collectiona.
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West (U.S.) -- Literary collections.
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| Added Author |
Macrae, John.
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| ISBN |
0805031332 (pbk.) |
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