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Hailed by book reviewers as a "masterpiece," "gorgeous and fascinating," and "sheer pleasure," Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover. It was met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings. A language-lover's dream, this visionary reference revitalized a descriptive language for the American landscape by combining geography, literature, and folklore in one volume. This is a totally redesigned, near-pocket-sized field guide edition of the best-selling hardcover. Home Ground brings together 45 poets and writers to create more than 850 original definitions for words that describe our lands and waters. The writers draw from careful research and their own distinctive stylistic, personal, and regional diversity to portray in bright, precise prose the striking complexity of the landscapes we inhabit. Includes an introductory essay by Barry Lopez. At the heart of the book is a community of writers in service to their country, emphasizing a language suggesting the vastness and mystery that lie beyond our everyday words.

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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary reference works

• Full title: Home Ground
• Author: Barry Lopez, Debra Gwartney
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672
• EAN: 9781595341754
• ISBN: 1595341757
• ID: 04831090
• Publisher: Trinity University Press,U.S.
• Weight: 538 g
• Dimensions: 203 × 114 × 45 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. September 2013

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