The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams

The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks

Terry Tempest Williams

416 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel reflective slow-paced

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Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for ExcellenceA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearAmerica's national parks are breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why more than 300 million people visi...

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reflective 88%
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