{"product_id":"the-woods-stretched-for-miles-paperback","title":"The Woods Stretched for Miles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarilou Awiakta\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eGerald Thurmond\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles\u003c\/i\u003e gathers essays about southern landscape and nature from nineteen writers with geographic or ancestral ties to the region. This remarkable group encompasses not only such well-known names as Wendell Berry and Rick Bass but also distinctive new voices, including Christopher Camuto, Susan Cerulean, and Eddy L. Harris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the savannas of south Florida through the hardwood uplands of Mississippi to the coastal rivers of the Carolinas and the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the range in geography covered is equally broad. With insight and eloquence, these diverse talents take up similar themes: environmental restoration, the interplay between individual and community, the definition of wildness in an area transformed by human activity, and the meaning of our reactions to the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will treasure the passionate and intelligent honorings of land and nature offered by this rich anthology. With the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles\u003c\/i\u003e, southern voices establish their abiding place in the ever-popular nature writing genre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOHN LANE is professor emeritus of environmental studies at Wofford College. A 2014 inductee into the South Carolina Academy of Authors, his books include \u003ci\u003eCircling Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Paddle to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCoyote Settles the South\u003c\/i\u003e (all Georgia). He is also coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South\u003c\/i\u003e (also Georgia), and he has published numerous volumes of poetry, essays, and novels. \u003ci\u003eComing into Animal Presence\u003c\/i\u003e is his most recent work. He lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.46 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50392555651309,"sku":"9780820320885","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/T0QEpYzjua9780820320885.webp?v=1785825667","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-woods-stretched-for-miles-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}