An American Provence / Thomas P. Huber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huber, Thomas Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape assessment--France--Coulon River Region.

Landscape assessment.

Landscape assessment--Colorado--Gunnison River Valley.

Landscape assessment--Colorado--Paonia Reservoir.

Geographical perception--France--Coulon River Region.

Geographical perception.

Geographical perception--Colorado--Gunnison River Valley.

Geographical perception--Colorado--Paonia Reservoir.

Coulon River Region (France)--Geography.

Coulon River Region (France).

Paonia Reservoir (Colo.)--Geography.

Paonia Reservoir (Colo.).

Gunnison River Valley (Colo.)--Geography.

Gunnison River Valley (Colo.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, c2011.

Language Note:

English

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."" -From 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, Fr

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781457111709

1457111705

9781457116957

1457116952

9781607321514

1607321513

OCLC:

769927225