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Author : Christian Boltanski
Release : 1991
Genre : Architecture
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Places with a Past by : Christian Boltanski
Download or read book Places with a Past written by Christian Boltanski. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Stark
Release : 2023-02-07
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 434/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Last Empty Places by : Peter Stark
Download or read book The Last Empty Places written by Peter Stark. This book was released on 2023-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ". . . intriguing, both a solid refresher on our savage colonial history and a smart rumination on what it means to get lost. ― Outside First time in paperback, ebook, and audio editions Part travel adventure, part history, part exploration Features four specific "blank spots" from across the country and delves into our human relationships with place In The Last Empty Places, bestselling author Peter Stark takes the reader to four of the most remote, wild, and unpopulated areas of the United States outside of Alaska and mainly not part of protected wilderness: the rivers and forests of Northern Maine; the rugged, unpopulated region of Western Pennsylvania that lies only a short distance from the East’s big cities; the haunting canyons of Central New Mexico; and the vast, arid basins of Southeast Oregon. Stark discovers that the places he visits are only "blank" in terms of a lack of recorded history. In fact, each place holds layers of history, meaning, and intrinsic value and is far from being blank. He also finds that each region has played an important role in shaping our American idea of wilderness through the influential "natural philosophers" who visited these places and wrote about their experiences--Henry David Thoreau, William Bartram, John Muir, and Aldo Leopold. It’s a fascinating look at the value of nature, the ways humans use and approach it, and what it means to seek out empty places in today’s world.
Author : Dave Coskey
Release : 2002
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 504/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Faces and Places from Avalon's Past by : Dave Coskey
Download or read book Faces and Places from Avalon's Past written by Dave Coskey. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a look at the popular seashore community of Avalon, NJ through more than 250 historical photos and stories about the people, places and events that make up Avalon's first 100 years.
Author : Thompson M. Mayes
Release : 2018-09-01
Genre : Art
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 69X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Why Old Places Matter by : Thompson M. Mayes
Download or read book Why Old Places Matter written by Thompson M. Mayes. This book was released on 2018-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Old Places Matter is the only book that explores the reasons that old places matter to people. Although people often feel very deeply about the old places of their lives, they don’t have the words to express why. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative images for a broad audience. The book reveals the fundamentally important yet under-recognized role old places play in our lives. While many people feel a deep-seated connection to old places -- from those who love old houses, to the millions of tourists who are drawn to historic cities, to the pilgrims who flock to ancient sites throughout the world -- few can articulate why. The book explores these deep attachments people have with old places –the feelings of belonging, continuity, stability, identity and memory, as well as the more traditional reasons that old places have been deemed by society to be important, such as history, national identity, and architecture. This book will be appealing to anyone who has ever loved an old place. But more importantly, it will be an useful resource to articulate why old places are meaningful to people and their communities. This book will help people understand that the feeling many have for old places is supported by a wide variety of fields, and that the continued existence of these old places is good. It will give people the words and phrases to understand and express why old places matter.
Author : William Lindsey McDonald
Release : 2003
Genre : Florence (Ala.)
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 560/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Walk Through the Past by : William Lindsey McDonald
Download or read book A Walk Through the Past written by William Lindsey McDonald. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descended from early pioneers of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama, the author has collected historical information about Muscle Shoals for more than a half-century. His research has involved personal interviews with Civil War veterans, former slaves, and descendants of both Native Americans and frontier families.
