| International Standard Book Number |
9780593242827 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593242823 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Lopez, Barry Holstun. 1945-2020, author.
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| Uniform Title |
Essays. Selections
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| Title Statement |
Embrace fearlessly the burning world : essays / Barry Lopez ; [introduction by Rebecca Solnit].
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Random House, 2022.
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| Physical Description |
xxiii, 324 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Six thousand lessons -- An intimate geography -- An era of emergencies is upon us and we cannot look away -- In memoriam : Wallace Stegner -- Out west -- Landscapes of the shamans -- The invitation -- Afterword : Bob Stephenson -- On the border -- Fourteen aspects of power -- Love in a time of terror -- Southern navigation -- Our frail planet in cold, clear view -- On location -- Nunca mas! -- State of mind : threshold -- Missing California -- Madre de Dios -- A scary abundance of water -- Sliver of sky -- The near woods -- Lessons from the river -- River -- Residence -- Deterioration.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"This collection represents part of the enduring legacy of Barry Lopez, hailed as a 'national treasure' (Outside) and "one of our finest writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) when he died in December 2020. An ardent steward of the land, fearless traveler, and unrivaled observer of nature and culture in all its forms, Lopez lost much of the Oregon property where he had lived for over fifty years when it was consumed by wildfire, likely caused by climate change. Fortunately, some of his papers survived, including four never-before published pieces that are gathered here, along with essays written in the final years of his life; these essays appear now for the first time in book form. Written in his signature observant and vivid prose, these essays offer an autobiography in pieces that a reader can assemble while journeying with Lopez along his many roads. They unspool memories at once personal and political, including tender, sometimes painful stories from Lopez's childhood in New York City and California; reports from the field as he accompanies scientists on expeditions to study animals; travels to Antarctica and some of the most remote places on earth; and to life in his own backyard, adjacent to a wild, racing river. He reflects on those who taught him: the Indigenous elders and scientific mentors who sharpened his eye for the natural world--an eye that, as the reader comes to see, missed nothing. And with striking poignancy and searing candor, he confronts the challenges of his last years as he contends with the knowledge of his mortality, as well as with the dangers the Earth--and all of its people--are facing"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Lopez, Barry Holstun, 1945-2020 Travel.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Natural history.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Climatic changes.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Travel Social aspects.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Travel writing.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Solnit, Rebecca. writer of introduction.
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