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Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World (Northwest Reprints Book)
Kathleen Dean Moore
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Description for Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World (Northwest Reprints Book)
Paperback. Riveting, finely crafted essays about family and the natural world, and winner of the 2000 Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Series: Northwest Reprints Book. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; HP; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Naturalist and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore meditates on connection and separation in these twenty-one elegant, probing essays. Using the metaphor of holdfasts the structures that attach seaweed to rocks with a grip strong enough to withstand winter gales she examines our connections to our own bedrock. When people lock themselves in their houses at night and seal the windows shut to keep out storms, it is possible to forget, sometimes for years and years, that human beings are part of the natural world, she writes. Holdfast passionately reclaims an awareness of the natural world, exploring the sense of belonging fostered ... Read more
Naturalist and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore meditates on connection and separation in these twenty-one elegant, probing essays. Using the metaphor of holdfasts the structures that attach seaweed to rocks with a grip strong enough to withstand winter gales she examines our connections to our own bedrock. When people lock themselves in their houses at night and seal the windows shut to keep out storms, it is possible to forget, sometimes for years and years, that human beings are part of the natural world, she writes. Holdfast passionately reclaims an awareness of the natural world, exploring the sense of belonging fostered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Northwest Reprints Book
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870717086
SKU
V9780870717086
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