Living on Wilderness Time

About the author

Melissa Walker was vice president of National Wilderness Watch, chair of the Georgia chapter of Wilderness Watch, served on the Southern Appalachian Council of the Wilderness Society, and was the author of Reading the Environment and Down from the Mountaintop. She had been Professor of English at the University of New Orleans and Mercer University and a fellow of Women's Studies at Emory University, and lived with her husband in Decatur, Georgia.

Summary

Soon after her 50th birthday, Melissa Walker decided to leave her suburban life and venture into the wilderness. Like many American chroniclers before her who have surrendered to the pleasures of the open road, she had no destination in mind, just two definite goals - one personal, one political.

Product details

• Authors: Melissa Walker
• Assisted by: Robin Straus Robin Straus Agency (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2003
• EAN: 9780813921105
• ISBN: 978-0-8139-2110-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 227 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic