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Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Trinity University Press; First Trade Paper Edition edition (February 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595340572
ISBN-13: 978-1595340573
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Editorial Reviews About the editor of the Weekly Starred Review illustrated oxford dictionary free download in mediafire. Like a vortex arroyo, badlands, to define a sump illustrated oxford dictionary free download in mediafire? What is the desired path, a kiss tank, a boss? These words, many forgotten today, to address various aspects of the landscape, have lost many of us to relate the connection. Drawing on the wealth of multilingual American English, mounted winner announced the National Book author Lopez (Arctic Dreams) 45 authors for their close connection to certain places, in order to jointly create a unique American dictionary. Barbara Kingsolver, William Kittredge, Arturo Longoria, Jon Krakauer, Bill McKibben, Antonya Nelson, Luis Alberto Urrea and Joy Williams, among other things vividly describe land and water forms. What is a cofferdam? "Imagine a scene wishing well, so imagine that even in the broadest sense," said Antonya Nelson. And Patricia Hampl tells us that the Dutch word Vly (upstream of swampy streams) "may have caused the name of the New York market Rowdy Fly" in the 18th and early 19th. Many entries quote American researchers and writers such as Herman Melville, Willa Cather, explore Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy, which she layers of etymology and American regional difference. Line drawings enhance geographic understanding; marginal quotations further evoke period and place. This wonderful book guides readers through the rich variety of complex American relationship with the land. (October 4) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. - This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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