Encounters With the Archdruid
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain...
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The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374514310 (0374514313)
ASIN: 374514313
Publish date: October 1st 1977
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Book Club,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Natural History
This was an interesting read more for a snapshot of the era. It was somewhat disheartening to see that the two sides are in some ways as intractable as in the 60s and 70s. Those that see resources as things to be used until they're exhausted and others who want resources left untouched.
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