Shaped by Wind and Water: Reflections of a Naturalist (The World As Home) - Hardcover

Zwinger, Ann Haymond

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1571312412 ISBN 13: 9781571312419

Publisher: Milkweed Editions, 2000

Synopsis

Known for her observant and beautifully illustrated books on the rivers, deserts, and mountains of the West, Ann Haymond Zwinger focuses here on her guiding principles as a naturalist as she "looks" with notebook and pencil, believing that "to know the world intimately is the beginning of caring."

About this title

From Library Journal

The ?Credo? series offers contemporary American writers ?the opportunity to discuss their essential goals, concerns, and practices.? To examine her work, Colorado naturalist Zwinger (The Nearsighted Naturalist) spent a week at a retreat for women writers. The short book that resulted is divided into seven parts, each representing a morning of her week in Puget Sound. She admits to a discomfort with introspection and a preference for natural-history writing, ?which dictates an outward focus, not an inward one,? and her uneasiness continually hampers her narration. Any attempt at self-analysis quickly lapses into the factual jargon of the scientist, presenting details of mundane mornings, observations of surroundings, and facts about the flora and fauna. Her paragraphs move from one subject to another in a hodgepodge style, lacking continuity or harmony. Series editor Scott Slovic concludes this volume with a lengthy biographical portrait of Zwinger and a bibliography of works by and about her. While this book may appeal to her ardent fans, it offers little attraction to others.?Ilse Heidmann, San Marcos, TX
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Edition details

• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1571312412
• ISBN 13: 9781571312419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200