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Author Huber, Thomas Patrick

Title An American Provence / Thomas P. Huber
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 188 pages)
Contents Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Places; 2. The Land; 3. Villages; 4. Wine; 5. Food; 6. Signatures; 7. Hiking; 8. La Cheville (The Ankle) Incident; 9. Landscape Miscellanea; 10. The Finish/C'est Fini; Bibliography
Summary "I have talked about luscious wines and succulent fruit and exquisite dinners. But there may be no more evocative experience of the two valleys than the smell of new-mown hay in the fields at dusk. If a person were to close their eyes, they could not tell if they were in Provence or the North Fork Valley. That sweet, earthy odor is part of the beauty of these places."--An American Provence In this poetic personal narrative, Thomas P. Huber reflects on two seemingly unrelated places-the North Fork Valley in western Colorado and the Coulon River Valley in Provence, France-and finds a shared landscape and sense of place. What began as a simple comparison of two like places in distant locations turned into a more complex, interesting, and personal task. Much is similar-the light, the valleys, the climate, the agriculture. And much is less so-the history, the geology, the physical makeup of villages. Using a geographer's eye and passion for the land and people, Huber examines the regions' similarities and differences to explore the common emotional impact of each region. Part intimate travelogue and part case study of geography in the real world, An American Provence illuminates the importance sense of place plays in who we are
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Landscape assessment -- France -- Coulon River Region
Landscape assessment -- Colorado -- Gunnison River Valley
Landscape assessment -- Colorado -- Paonia Reservoir
Geographical perception -- France -- Coulon River Region
Geographical perception -- Colorado -- Gunnison River Valley
Geographical perception -- Colorado -- Paonia Reservoir
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- General.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
Geographical perception
Geography
Landscape assessment
SUBJECT Coulon River Region (France) -- Geography
Paonia Reservoir (Colo.) -- Geography
Gunnison River Valley (Colo.) -- Geography
Subject Colorado -- Gunnison River Valley
Colorado -- Paonia Reservoir
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011032202
ISBN 9781607321514
1607321513
9781457111709
1457111705