THE EDGES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD: A Journey in Nature and Culture.
by Deming, Alison Hawthorne,
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312195435
- ISBN 13
- 9780312195434
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Picador,. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An eloquent book on a modern dilemma by this poet and writer, one which that follows her travels along the fringes of the wild, from an Oregon beach to islands in the sea of Cortez, the Bay of Fundy, southern Mexico, South America, and Hawaii. As she traveled she talked with urban planners, educators, commerce boosters, and residents about how tourism is altering that stretch of country, and despite the pressures on these places, she still found room for optimism. SIGNED on the title page. A PEN/West Finalist for Creative Nonfiction. 240 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82735
- Title
- THE EDGES OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD: A Journey in Nature and Culture.
- Author
- Deming, Alison Hawthorne,
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312195435
- ISBN 13
- 9780312195434
- Publisher
- Picador,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- This edition first published
- 1998-11
- Keywords
- travel, tourism, natural resources,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature and the Environment;
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