Hailed by book reviewers as a masterpiece, gorgeous and fascinating, and sheer pleasure, Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover.
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..
Includes an introductory essay by Barry Lopez.
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.
Home Ground brings together 45 poets and writers to create more than 850 original definitions for words that describe our lands and waters.
This is a totally redesigned, near-pocket-sized field Guide edition of the best-selling hardcover.
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.
It was met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings.
Hailed by book reviewers as a masterpiece, gorgeous and fascinating, and sheer pleasure, Home Ground: A Guide to the American Landscape was published in fall 2006 in hardcover
