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A River Without Banks chronicles one family's journey to Idaho, with all of its uncertainties, promises, and hopes. The book explores their encounters with a place still partly wild, whose communities and landscapes teach them how to respect the earth and each other. William Johnson's essays move from a family vacation spent observing moose, to a comparison of the creation myths from Genesis and the Nez Perce, to watching a raptor seeking prey. Johnson meditates on how places, animals, and people teach us "how to see, and how we do, and don't, belong." In prose that reveals a poet's eye, Johnson examines how family relationships affect how we see the natural world. He explores the power of words to divide and to heal. He illuminates the challenges of sustaining a vital relationship with a home place. A River Without Banks will appeal to readers interested in the literature of place, ecology, natural history, indigenous culture, and conservation.

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Book category Books in English Lifestyle, sport & leisure Natural history

• Full title: River Without Banks
• Author: William Johnson
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160
• EAN: 9780870715822
• ISBN: 9780870715822
• ID: 06300013
• Publisher: Oregon State University
• Weight: 365 g
• Dimensions: 219 × 140 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. May 2010

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