Islands at the Edge of Time: A Journey to America's Barrier Island - Couverture souple

Hansen, Gunnar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1559632526 ISBN 13 : 9781559632522

Editeur : Island Press, 1996

Synopsis

Islands at the Edge of Time is the story of one man's captivating journey along America's barrier islands from Boca Chica, Texas, to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Weaving in and out along the coastlines of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina, poet and naturalist Gunnar Hansen perceives barrier islands not as sand but as expressions in time of the processes that make them. Along the way he treats the reader to absorbing accounts of those who call these islands home -- their lives often lived in isolation and at the extreme edges of existence -- and examines how the culture and history of these people are shaped by the physical character of their surroundings.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Island Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1559632526
• ISBN 13: 9781559632522
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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• Personne responsable: non disponible