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Walking home ground : in the footsteps of Muir, Leopold, and Derleth / Robert Root.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Root, Robert L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Derleth, August, 1909-1971.
- Derleth, August.
- Leopold, Aldo, 1887-1948.
- Leopold, Aldo.
- Muir, John, 1838-1914.
- Muir, John.
- Human ecology--Wisconsin.
- Human ecology.
- Natural history--Wisconsin.
- Natural history.
- Walking--Wisconsin.
- Walking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- When longtime author Robert Root moves to a small town in southeast Wisconsin, he gets to know his new home by walking the same terrain traveled by three Wisconsin luminaries who were deeply rooted in place--John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and August Derleth.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- Part One
- Interlude
- Nature Streaming into Us: Walking with John Muir
- The Taste for Country: Walking with Aldo Leopold
- The Pattern of the Seasons: Walking with August Derleth
- Part Two
- The White Ghost of a Glacier: Walking the Ice Age Trail
- The Land Itself: Walking Home Ground
- Epilogue
- Sources and Captions
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-87020-787-3
- OCLC:
- 1005186004
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