| Green Mansions Contributor(s): Hudson, W. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0615184936 ISBN-13: 9780615184937 Publisher: Copper Penny Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: A failed revolution drives the hero of Hudson's classic novel to seek refuge in the primeval forests of Venezuela, where he falls in love with the last survivor of a mysterious aboriginal race. But their love is soon overshadowed by cruelty and sorrow.. . . A master of natural history writing, Hudson offers a poignant meditation on the loss of wilderness, the dream of a return to nature, and the bitter reality of the encounter between savage and civilized man. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General - Fiction | Fantasy - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 320 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 19786 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: W. H. Hudson's Green Mansions, the basis of movies, comics, and television shows, is "a romance of the tropical forest." The story gains poignance because the setting Hudson, a naturalist, describes vividly is vanishing. |