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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A skilful combination marshalling of imagination and fact, Russell is hoping to save the Oldman River in southeastern Alberta from being dammed for agriculture. He begins the book invoking the prehistoric hunt of a mammoth, talks about the arrival of wild horses to Alberta, and winds up the book hoping this modification of nature will not proceed. Russell writes better than almost anyone in the world of outdoors/nature/intellectual protest--including Suzuki or Barry Lopez--and is a natural philosopher who went from hunter with gun to hunter with camera. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
“For those with eyes to see, a river can be a living link with our past.” In this unique blend of history and reminiscence, Andy Russell tells the story of the Oldman River, running east from the Rocky Mountains. He recalls his personal encounters with the land and the peop≤ the astonishing role this area has played since the Ice Age as the only ice-free passage on the continent; the ancient peoples who lived and hunted along its shores; the coming of the first white explorers, and then settlers; and finally, the dam that will destroy the river. Part memoir, part history, part passionate defence of nature, this book is an “emotional and fascinating tale” (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix). No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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