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American Nature Writing 1998

出版	Sierra Club Books, 1998
主題	Literary Criticism / American / GeneralNature / GeneralNature / Essays
ISBN	08715694859780871569486
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wuSKqprXBvQC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"American Nature Writing 1998," the fifth volume in Sierra Club's acclaimed series, presents the best of the genre from the previous year. Diverse in mood and setting, the nineteen selections - seven in print for the first time - include autobiographical writings, essays, short stories, and poems from some of America's most distinguished nature writers as well as some gifted new voices.Barry Lopez weaves human and natural history into a travelogue that explores the Caribbean island of Bonaire; Louise Wagenknecht reminisces about growing up in a small northern California town where a white poplar was the center of her universe; W.S. Merwin travels to Mexico to follow the life cycle of the monarch butterfly in order to understand and help protect this fragile species; Rick Bass brings a message of hope and healing inspired by the wilderness as he climbs a mountain for a sick friend; David Rains Wallace explores the intricate terrain of Central America, guided and inspired by the descriptions of explorers from centuries past.New talents offer glimpses of a wide range of landscapes: Marybeth Holleman, fishing with the Siberian Yup'ik people, describes life on St Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea; Chip Rawlins recounts his adventures shepherding in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming; Jan Grover takes us fishing in Minnesota along the many rivers of the North Woods.