자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Olstad, Tyra A. |
서명/저자사항 | Zen of the Plains[electronic resource] :Experiencing Wild Western Places. |
발행사항 | Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2014. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
총서사항 | Southwestern Nature Writing Series |
ISBN | 9781574415629 (electronic bk.) 157441562X (electronic bk.) |
일반주기 |
Description based upon print version of record.
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내용주기 | Maps, Illustrations, and Diagrams; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Flyover Country; Scottsbluff, NE; Chapter 1 -- Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 1.1 Terra Incognita; 1.2 Can't Get Lost; 1.3 Blank; Interim: Highway 36; 1.4 Slow down!; 1.5 Rhythms, Cycles, Spirals; Part I : Sun-sitting; Part II : A Day; Interim : Sense of Place; 1.6 The Quest; Interim: Dream of Place; Chapter 2 -- Mixedgrass; 2.1 Wonderlands; 2.2 National Grasslands; 2.3 Animal Encounters; Interim: Medora to Marmarth (with some dinosaur statues in between); 2.4 Interpretation and Inspiration; Chapter 3 -- Tallgrass 3.1 Experiment and Experience Or, How I Tried to Like a Prairie; Interim: In Which I Discover an Island and Fall in Love with a Forest; 3.2 Conversations with Konza; Chapter 4 -- Shortgrass /Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe; 4.1 The Return to the Plains; Interim: The Mapmaker's Discipline; 4.2: Winter; Conclusion -- A Brief Meditation on Expectation and Emptiness; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
요약 | Although spare, sweeping landscapes may appear ""empty,"" plains and prairies afford a rich, unique aesthetic experience--one of quiet sunrises and dramatic storms, hidden treasures and abundant wildlife, infinite horizons and omnipresent wind, all worthy of contemplation and celebration. |
일반주제명 | Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy. Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. Plains -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy. Plains -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. Grasslands -- West (U.S.) -- Philosophy. Grasslands -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. Natural history -- West (U.S.) Zen Buddhism. NATURE / Essays. NATURE / Reference. TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism. |
주제명(지명) | West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works. |
언어 | 영어 |
대출바로가기 | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=799866 |
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