{"product_id":"the-woods-stretched-for-miles-9780820320885","title":"The Woods Stretched for Miles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles\u003c\/i\u003e gathers essays about southern landscape and nature from nineteen writers with geographic or ancestral ties to the region. This remarkable group encompasses not only such well-known names as Wendell Berry and Rick Bass but also distinctive new voices, including Christopher Camuto, Susan Cerulean, and Eddy L. Harris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the savannas of south Florida through the hardwood uplands of Mississippi to the coastal rivers of the Carolinas and the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the range in geography covered is equally broad. With insight and eloquence, these diverse talents take up similar themes: environmental restoration, the interplay between individual and community, the definition of wildness in an area transformed by human activity, and the meaning of our reactions to the natural world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders will treasure the passionate and intelligent honorings of land and nature offered by this rich anthology. With the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles\u003c\/i\u003e, southern voices establish their abiding place in the ever-popular nature writing genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.46h x 5.52w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820320885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/1999 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/1999 pg. 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJOHN LANE is a professor of English and environmental studies at Wofford College. His books include \u003ci\u003eCircling Home, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Paddle to the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCoyote Settles the South\u003c\/i\u003e (all Georgia). He also coedited, with Gerald Thurmond, \u003ci\u003eThe Woods Stretched for Miles: New Nature Writing from the South\u003c\/i\u003e (also Georgia). He has published several volumes of poetry, essays, and a novel, as well as a selection of his online columns, \u003ci\u003eThe Best of the Kudzu Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAnthropocene Blues: Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is his most recent work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40628668858483,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_208ae109-2174-4658-9acd-b308edd548dd.jpg?v=1671117037","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-woods-stretched-for-miles-9780820320885","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}