Nature Beyond Solitude - Notes From the Field

"While nature mysticism has always embraced solitude, Farnsworth investigates long-term ecological projects where the experience of community transcends solitary sojourns into the depths of natural history"--

List of contents

Foreword

Sundowner

1. Notes from the Hastings Natural History Reservation

2. Notes from the Santa Crus Island Reserve

3. Notes from the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory

4. Notes from the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest

5. Notes from the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center

Afterword

About the author

A lifelong student of literary natural history, John Seibert Farnsworth taught environmental writing and literature at Santa Clara University. He is author of Coves of Departure.

Summary

"While nature mysticism has always embraced solitude, Farnsworth investigates long-term ecological projects where the experience of community transcends solitary sojourns into the depths of natural history"--

Product details

• Authors: John Seibert Farnsworth
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781501747281
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-4728-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Die Natur: Sachbuch, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Nature, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Essays, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature