Heart of the Land: Essays on Last Great Places

by Joseph Barbato (Editor), Lisa Weinerman (Editor)

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From Thomas McGuane on Idaho's Snake River to Louise Erdrich on the tallgrass prairies of her native North Dakota to Carl Hiaasen combing the imperiled fishing grounds of the Florida Keys, some of the country's finest writers celebrate the geography that The Nature Conservancy has designated as "Last Great Places."

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Joseph Barbato
Editor
4 Works 236 Members
Lisa Weinerman
Editor
1 Work 114 Members

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Achenbach, Joel (Contributor)
Allison, Dorothy (Contributor)
Aridjis, Homero (Contributor)
Bass, Rick (Contributor)
Belli, Gioconda (Contributor)
Caputo, Philip (Contributor)
Duncan, David James (Contributor)
Erdrich, Louise (Contributor)
Harrison, Jim (Contributor)
Heat-Moon, William Least (Contributor)
Hiaasen, Carl (Contributor)
Hiassen, Carl (Contributor)
Hogan, Linda (Contributor)
Houston, Pam (Contributor)
Jerome, John (Contributor)
Jordan, Teresa (Contributor)
Kingsolver, Barbara (Contributor)
Kittredge, William (Contributor)
Lopez, Barry (Introduction)
Matthiessen, Peter (Contributor)
McGuane, Thomas (Contributor)
McKibben, Bill (Contributor)
Nabhan, Gary Paul (Contributor)
Nelson, Jill (Contributor)
Perera, Victor (Contributor)
Smith, Annick (Contributor)
Theroux, Paul (Contributor)
Warner, William W. (Contributor)
Welch, James (Contributor)
Wilkinson, Charles F. (Contributor)
Williams, Terry Tempest (Contributor)
Zwinger, Ann (Contributor)

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Heart of the Land: Essays on Last Great Places

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Genres
Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
508.73 — Natural sciences & mathematics Science Natural history
LCC
QH104 .G46 — Science Natural history – Biology Natural history (General) General
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