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| #760299 in eBooks | 2015-10-16 | 2015-10-16 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Not What I Expected|By Mary Carhart|This book is for mental excursions, glimpses of past times, and casual lectures. The lectures come from a fund of knowledge that the author must have accumulated over many years. He is a student of etymology (word history) with a shelf of old and historic dictionaries. Starting with all aspects of the lands we walk, including seashores, f|||This slim but densely packed volume affords innumerable insights into the relationships between language, landscape, history, and human perception. Weaving together long-lost lore, etymological esoterica, and astute observations on ongoing developments, Stilg
"Mr. Stilgoe does not ask that we take his book outdoors with us; he believes that reading and experiencing landscapes are activities that should be kept separate. But, as I learned in his book, the hollow storage area in a car driver's door was once a holster, the 'secure nesting place of a pistol.' I recommend you stow your copy there." -- The Wall Street JournalLandscape, John Stilgoe tells us, is a noun. From the old Frisian language (once s...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.What Is Landscape? (MIT Press) | John R. Stilgoe.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
