The Very Rich Hours: Travels in Orkney, Belize, the Everglades, and Greece (The Concord Library) - Hardcover

Emily Hiestand

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807071188 ISBN 13: 9780807071182

Publisher: Beacon Pr, 1992

Synopsis

The author of Green the Witch Hazel Wood describes her travels to the Orkneys, Belize, the Everglades, and the Greek Islands, sharing her observations on the human history of the regions and the diverse landscapes of the world.

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Review:

Kirkpatrick Sale says Emily Hiestand travels with "the mind of an ecologist, the heart of a pagan, and the words of a poet." From peat moors to mangrove roots, from fire corals to pelagic caves and underwater sponges named after "black chimneys, orange softballs, stinking pillows and vases, chicken livers, and lavender tubes," Hiestand's descriptions of nature are hard to resist and the rest of her travels are every bit as delightful.

From the Back Cover:

'A dazzling different kind of travel book...It is a rare experience to share the very rich and thoughtful hours of Emily Hiestand.'--Washington Post -- 'If one must travel, one should do it with the eyes of a child, the mind of an ecologist, the heart of a pagan, and the words of a poet. Astonishingly, Emily Hiestand has all of that.'--Kirkpatrick Sale, author of The Conquest of Paradise

About this edition

• Publisher: Beacon Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0807071188
• ISBN 13: 9780807071182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236