Encounters with the Archdruid
by John McPhee
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374148228
- ISBN 13
- 9780374148225
- Seller
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Missoula, Montana, United States
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About This Item
The narratives in this book are of journeys made in three wildernesses - on a coastal island, in a Western mountain range, and on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The four men portrayed here have different relationships to their environment, and they encounter each other on mountain trails, in forests and rapids, sometimes with reserve, sometimes with friendliness, sometimes fighting hard across a philosophical divide.
Synopsis
Encounters with the Archdruid is a narrative nonfiction book by author John McPhee. The book is split into three parts, each covering environmentalist David Brower's confrontations with his ideological enemies. The book chronicles his struggles against miners, developers and finally the United States Bureau of Reclamation. McPhee blurs traditional journalism, the reporting of facts and accounting of events, with thematic elements more common to fiction. Throughout the work is devised to the contrasting perspectives and struggles within the weight of two conflicting characters.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SQ4127074
- Title
- Encounters with the Archdruid
- Author
- John McPhee
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0374148228
- ISBN 13
- 9780374148225
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus And Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- nature, conservation, environment, ecology, natural history, biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science/Nature Writing;