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UNINA9910828990003321 |
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Autore |
Knopp Lisa <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Interior places / / Lisa Knopp |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8032-6505-0 |
1-281-21346-2 |
9786611213466 |
0-8032-1622-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Natural history - Nebraska |
Women authors, American |
Home - Psychological aspects |
Lincoln Region (Neb.) Biography |
Lincoln Region (Neb.) Description and travel |
Lincoln Region (Neb.) Social life and customs |
Nebraska History Miscellanea |
Nebraska Biography Miscellanea |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-289). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; One: The Way In; Two: Traces; Three: Bread and Butter; Four: Surrender; Five: Thirty Shades of White; Six: Pilgrimage; Seven: In the Corn; Eight: Enclosures; Nine: A Bit of Land; Ten: The Fence; Eleven: Tending; Twelve: Souvenir; Thirteen: Lingering Curiosities; Fourteen: Departure Moon; Fifteen: Visiting Frederic; Sixteen: This Creek; Works Cited |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A collection of essays embracing nonfiction from memoir and biography to travel writing and natural history, Interior Places offers a curiously detailed group photograph of the Midwest's interior landscape. Here is an essay about the origin, history, and influence of corn. Here we find an exploration of a childhood meeting with Frederick Leopold, youngest brother of the great naturalist Aldo. Here |
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also are a chronicle of the 146-year alliance between Burlington, Iowa, and the Burlington Route (later the CB&O, the BN, and finally, the BNSF) and a pilgrimage to Amelia Earhart's Kansas hometown. |
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