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UNINA9910781870903321 |
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Autore |
Huber Thomas Patrick |
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Titolo |
An American Provence [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas P. Huber |
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Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-4571-1170-5 |
1-4571-1695-2 |
1-60732-151-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Landscape assessment - France - Coulon River Region |
Landscape assessment - Colorado - Gunnison River Valley |
Landscape assessment - Colorado - Paonia Reservoir |
Geographical perception - France - Coulon River Region |
Geographical perception - Colorado - Gunnison River Valley |
Geographical perception - Colorado - Paonia Reservoir |
Coulon River Region (France) Geography |
Paonia Reservoir (Colo.) Geography |
Gunnison River Valley (Colo.) Geography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Places; 2. The Land; 3. Villages; 4. Wine; 5. Food; 6. Signatures; 7. Hiking; 8. La Cheville (The Ankle) Incident; 9. Landscape Miscellanea; 10. The Finish/C'est Fini; Bibliography |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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""I have talked about luscious wines and succulent fruit and exquisite dinners. But there may be no more evocative experience of the two valleys than the smell of new-mown hay in the fields at dusk. If a person were to close their eyes, they could not tell if they were in Provence or the North Fork Valley. That sweet, earthy odor is part of the beauty of these places."" -From An American Provence In this poetic personal narrative, Thomas P. Huber reflects on two seemingly unrelated places-the North Fork Valley in western Colorado and the Coulon River Valley in Provence, Fr |
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