| A River Without Banks: Place and Belonging in the Inland Northwest Contributor(s): Johnson, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870715828 ISBN-13: 9780870715822 Publisher: Oregon State University Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2009054363 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.5" W x 8.64" (0.44 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A River Without Banks chronicles one family's journey to Idaho, with all of its uncertainties, promises, and hopes. The book explores their encounters with a place still partly wild, whose communities and landscapes teach them how to respect the earth and each other. William Johnson's essays move from a family vacation spent observing moose, to a comparison of the creation myths from Genesis and the Nez Perce, to watching a raptor seeking prey. Johnson meditates on how places, animals, and people teach us "how to see, and how we do, and don't, belong." In prose that reveals a poet's eye, Johnson examines how family relationships affect how we see the natural world. He explores the power of words to divide and to heal. He illuminates the challenges of sustaining a vital relationship with a home place. A River Without Banks will appeal to readers interested in the literature of place, ecology, natural history, indigenous culture, and conservation. |