The Paradise Notebooks : 90 Miles across the Sierra Nevada

• Autore: Nevle Richard J
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 pages)
• Disciplina: 508.794/4
• Soggetto topico: Natural history; Sciences naturelles - Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.); Natural history - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
• Soggetto geografico: United States Sierra Nevada; Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.); Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Essays.
• Soggetto non controllato: poems about the sierra nevada, natural history of the sierra nevada, science and poetry, backpacking the sierra nevada, nature writing about mountains, spiritual writing
• Altri autori: NightingaleSteven LanasMattias
• Nota di contenuto: Setting out -- Granite -- Obsidian -- Roof pendants -- Brokenness -- Clouds -- Snow -- Glacier -- River -- Forest -- Fire -- Bighorn -- Aspen -- Paintbrush -- Whitebark and nutcracker -- Pileated woodpecker -- Belding's ground squirrel -- Mountain chickadee -- Mountain yellow-legged frog -- Western tanager -- Sierra Nevada Parnassian -- Wolf lichen
• Sommario/riassunto: "Considers twenty-one elements of the Sierra Nevada-from granite to aspen to a species of butterfly-in pairs of essays. The first looks at the natural history and science of each element; the second treats the element through poetry and the lens of mysticism. Interwoven are vignettes from a 2017 backpacking trip"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Paradise Notebooks
• ISBN: 1-5017-6281-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795757803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II