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1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Preface THE RIM; AUTHOR'S NOTE; i MANCOS SHALE; ii MORRISON; iii SUMMERVILLE; iv ENTRADA; v CARMEL; vi WINGATE; vii CHINLE; viii MOENKOPI; ix WHITE RIM; x MOENKOPI; xi CARMEL; xii ASPHALT; xiii UNCONFORMITY; xiv CARMEL; xv NAVAJO REVISITED; xvi MORE NAVAJO; xvii NAVAJO; xviii KAYENTA; xix WINGATE; xx WHITE RIM; xxi ORGAN ROCK SHALE; xxii INUNDATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
Landscape of Desire powerfully documents and celebrates a place and the evolutions that occur when human beings are intimately connected to their surroundings. Greg Gordon accomplishes this with a tapestry of writing that interweaves land use history, natural history, experiential education, and personal reflection. He tracks the geomorphology of southern Utah as well as the creatures and plants his student group encounters, the history lessons (planned and unplanned), the trials and joys of gathering so many individuals into a cohesive will, and his own personal epiphanies, restraints, insigh |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-213) |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Gordon, Greg, 1963- -- Travel -- Utah
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Gordon, Greg, 1963- -- Travel -- Utah
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Gordon, Greg, 1963- fast |
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Landscapes -- Utah
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Canyons -- Utah.
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Natural history -- Utah
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Geology -- Utah.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Adventure.
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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Canyons
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Geology
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Landscapes
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Natural history
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Travel
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Utah -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85141591
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Moab Region (Utah) -- Description and travel
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Utah
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Utah -- Moab Region
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0874214777 |
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9780874214772 |
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