| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 222 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Scratch Flat ; Cast of Characters ; Map of Scratch Flat ; Preface to the 2013 Edition -- Ceremonial Time -- The Kingdom of Ice -- After the Deluge -- Night on Forge Pond -- Archaic Interlude -- Eating Scratch Flat -- A Woodland Nation -- The White Witch -- Time Travelers -- The People's Place -- Tearing Down Time -- Fire and Ice -- The Autumn of Time -- Nompenekit's New World |
| Summary |
A book that turns one modest square mile of exurban land into the most remarkably fascinating place. “Ceremonial time” occurs when past, present, and future can be perceived simultaneously. Experienced only rarely, usually during ritual dance, this escape from linear time is the vehicle for the author's extraordinary writing. He traces the life of a single square mile in New England, from the last ice age through years of human history, including bear shamans, colonists, witches, local farmers, and encroaching industrial "parks." |
| Notes |
"Originally published in 1984 by Anchor Press/Doubleday"--Title page verso |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Massachusetts -- Littleton Region (Town) -- History
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Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Littleton Region (Town)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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SCIENCE / General
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Indians of North America
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Natural history
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| SUBJECT |
Littleton Region (Mass. : Town) -- History
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| Subject |
Massachusetts -- Littleton Region (Town)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013936413 |
| ISBN |
9781611684933 |
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1611684935 |
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1611684889 |
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9781611684889 |
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1299794068 |
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9781299794061 |
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