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Winterlust : finding beauty in the fiercest season / Bernd Brunner ; translated by Mary Catherine Lawler ; foreword by Mark Kurlansky.
Van Pelt Library QB637.8 .B76 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brunner, Bernd, 1964- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Als die Winter noch Winter waren. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Winter--History.
- Winter.
- Seasons--History.
- Seasons.
- Winter--Folklore.
- History.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 262 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver ; Berkeley [California] : Greystone Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- N Winterlust, a farmer painstakingly photographs five thousand snowflakes, each one dramatically different from the next. Indigenous peoples thrive on frozen terrain, where famous explorers perish. Icicles reach deep underwater, then explode. Rooms warmed by crackling fires fill with scents of cinnamon, cloves, and pine. Skis carve into powdery slopes, and iceboats traverse glacial lakes.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Germany by Verlag Galiani Berlin as Als die winter noch winter waren: geschichte einer jahreszeit"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1771643528
- 9781771643528
- OCLC:
- 1088539455
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