| Description |
1 online resource |
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Prologue: Into the Wild Chapter -- 1. Bewildered Chapter -- 2. The Mountains of California -- 3. The Forest Primeval Chapter -- 4. Fall of the Wild? -- 5. The Heart of Everything That Is -- 6. The Ecology of Fear -- 7. Back to the Stone Age -- Epilogue: Wild at Heart -- Acknowledgments -- Sources & Inspiration -- Interviews |
| Summary |
In this publication, journalist and adventurer Jason Mark travels beyond the bright lights and certainties of our cities to seek wildness wherever it survives. In California's Point Reyes National Seashore, a battle over oyster farming and designated wilderness pits former allies against one another, as locals wonder whether wilderness should be untouched, farmed, or something in between. In Washington's Cascade Mountains, a modern-day wild woman and her students learn to tan hides and start fires without matches, attempting to connect with a primal past out of reach for the rest of society. And in Colorado's High Country, dark skies and clear air reveal a breathtaking expanse of stars, flawed only by the arc of a satellite passing--beauty interrupted by the traffic of a million conversations. These expeditions to the edges of civilization's grid show us that, although our notions of pristine nature may be shattering, the mystery of the wild still exists--and in fact, it is more crucial than ever |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 7, 2017) |
| Subject |
Mark, Jason, 1975- -- Travel
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| SUBJECT |
Mark, Jason, 1975- fast |
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Wilderness areas.
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Wilderness survival.
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wilderness areas.
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Central government policies.
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The environment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Travel
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Wilderness areas
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Wilderness survival
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610915816 |
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161091581X |
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1610915801 |
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9781610915809 |
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