{"product_id":"home-ground-a-guide-to-the-american-landscape-paperback","title":"Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDebra Gwartney\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed by book reviewers as a \"masterpiece,\" \"gorgeous and fascinating,\" and \"sheer pleasure,\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHome Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e was published in fall 2006 in hardcover. It was met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings. A language-lover's dream, this visionary reference revitalized a descriptive language for the American landscape by combining geography, literature, and folklore in one volume. This is a totally redesigned, near-pocket-sized field guide edition of the best-selling hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHome Ground\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e brings together 45 poets and writers to create more than 850 original definitions for words that describe our lands and waters. The writers draw from careful research and their own distinctive stylistic, personal, and regional diversity to portray in bright, precise prose the striking complexity of the landscapes we inhabit. Includes an introductory essay by Barry Lopez. At the heart of the book is a community of writers in service to their country, emphasizing a language suggesting the vastness and mystery that lie beyond our everyday words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include: Jeffery Renard Allen, Kim Barnes, Conger Beasley, Jr., Franklin Burroughs, Lan Samantha Chang, Michael Collier, Elizabeth Cox, John Daniel, Jan DeBlieu, William deBuys, Gretel Ehrlich, Charles Frazier, Pamela Frierson, Patricia Hampl, Robert Hass, Emily Hiestand, Linda Hogan, Stephen Graham Jones, John Keeble, Barbara Kingsolver, William Kittredge, Jon Krakauer, Gretchen Legler, Arturo Longoria, Bill McKibben, Ellen Meloy, Robert Morgan, Susan Brind Morrow, Antonya Nelson, Robert Michael Pyle, Pattiann Rogers, Scott Russell Sanders, Eva Saulitis, Donna Seaman, Carolyn Servid, Kim Stafford, Mary Swander, Arthur Sze, Mike Tidwell, Luis Alberto Urrea, Luis Verano, D. J. Waldie, Joy Williams, Terry Tempest Williams, and Larry Woiwode.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Lopez\u003c\/b\u003e was an essayist, author, and short-story writer who traveled extensively in both remote and populated parts of the world. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArctic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eHorizon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOf Wolves and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHome Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape\u003c\/i\u003e; and eight works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLight Action in the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eField Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eResistance\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of S\u003ci\u003eyntax of the River: The Pattern Which Connects\u003c\/i\u003e with Julia Martin. His essays are collected in two books, \u003ci\u003eCrossing Open Ground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbout This Life\u003c\/i\u003e. Lopez lived in western Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 578\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.8 x 4.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771001864480,"sku":"9781595341754","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/be8c29c4265b2dcf08651d4c6fdac195.webp?v=1780381700","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/home-ground-a-guide-to-the-american-landscape-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}