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Common Ground: A Naturalist's Cape Cod

Author: Robert Finch

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1994-05-17

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0393348431

"In these compassionate, quietly evocative essays, Mr. Finch makes an eloquent case for dealing with nature not just as an extension of ourselves but as a world apart." -- New York Times Book Review When Common Ground was first published, Annie Dillard praised Robert Finch's essays for "their strength, subtlety, and above all their geniality." New readers will have a chance to discover that Finch's Cape Cod is indeed a wonderful place. The birds, fish, and animals that share the cape's fragile ecology on any given summer day with the human residents are described with the fresh eye of a first-rate nature writer.

Common Ground: A Naturalist's Cape Cod

Author: Robert Finch

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1994-05-17

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 0393311791

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"In these compassionate, quietly evocative essays, Mr. Finch makes an eloquent case for dealing with nature not just as an extension of ourselves but as a world apart." -- New York Times Book Review When Common Ground was first published, Annie Dillard praised Robert Finch's essays for "their strength, subtlety, and above all their geniality." New readers will have a chance to discover that Finch's Cape Cod is indeed a wonderful place. The birds, fish, and animals that share the cape's fragile ecology on any given summer day with the human residents are described with the fresh eye of a first-rate nature writer.

A Guide to Nature on Cape Cod and the Islands

Author: Greg O'Brien

Publisher: Parnassus Press (IL)

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9780940160613

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Written by some of Cape Cod's and New England's foremost naturalists and scientists, each chapter covers a different type of wildlife family and is accompanied by an informative question and answer section.

Becoming Cape Cod

Author: James C. O'Connell

Publisher: University Press of New England

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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A richly-illustrated history of Cape Cod tourism from its bucolic origins to the present crisis of overdevelopment.

Environmental Literature

Author: Patricia D. Netzley

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

Published: 1999-12-14

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13:

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"Environmental Literature: An Encyclopedia of Works, Authors, and Themes examines the works of explorers, scientists, environmentalists, ecologists, conservationists, and nature writers as well as novelists and poets. Each entry includes end-of-entry references and cross-references to relevant works. A bibliography and comprehensive index round out this handy encyclopedia."--BOOK JACKET.

American Nature Writers

Author: John Elder

Publisher: Gale Cengage

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9780684196923

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The Scribner Writers Series has set the standard for literary reference for more than 25 years. In addition to addressing the lives and careers of important writers, the articles discuss the themes and styles of major works and place them in pertinent historical, social and political contexts for today's readers. Novelists, playwrights, essayists, poets, short story writers, and more recently, genre writers in science fiction and mystery, are all expertly discussed in the more than 16 sets comprising this series.The essays in the set combine biography, criticism, and in some cases, original interviews to tell the story of each author. This set includes 70 biographical/critical essays on such writers as Rachel Carson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and Gary Snyder and 12 general subject essays.

Cape Cod - Fodor's Travel Guide

Author: Fodor's

Publisher: Fodor's

Published: 2005-02

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781400014538

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Both family-friendly and romantic, Cape Cod boasts a long-standing reputation as a highly popular domestic vacation spot. Not just known for its world-class beaches and Thoreau's nature walks, the Cape also boasts a thriving arts scene and ranks among Golf Digest's top ten golf destinations.