Fine/Fine as new (jacket would like to curl at bit at top and bottom). Hardback in jacket, 185 pp. Anderson lived on the edge of the McDonald-Dunn Forest, 12,000 acres, near Corvallis; this details what happens when the OSU School of Forestry is given quality forest for research, the ripple effects of clear-cutting etc.

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Title: Edge Effects: Notes from an Oregon Forest.
Publisher: Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1993 1st printing; ISBN 0877454388.
ISBN 10: 0877454191
ISBN 13: 9780877454199
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Book by Anderson, Chris

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A sensitive observer who mixes nature writing with personal tales, freelance essayist Anderson offers episodic reflections on life on the edge of McDonald-Dunn Forest, a 12,000-acre research forest outside Corvallis, Ore. When residents responded to a planned clear-cutting, Anderson--who had moved to the forest for silence--found himself embroiled in theories and words. Speaking to a forestry class on behalf of local homeowners, he thoughtfully catalogues what makes a landscape pleasing and discusses the importance of learning to observe and read the forest slowly and regularly. Yet his affection for his surroundings fosters ambivalence: he becomes weary of the responsibility of having to learn about and master the forest. When he ventures afar, Anderson remains interesting: in the "biosphere" of the enormous Edmonton Mall, he finds everything the frigid city lacks. Reflecting on his forest walks, he acknowledges feeling neither Thoreauvian intensity nor deep Benedictine contemplation; rather, the repetition "has the effect of meditation or liturgy." Portions of the essays were first published in magazines like Commonweal and the Georgia Review. Photos not seen by PW.
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