Netting the Sun: A Personal Geography of the Oregon Desert
- ISBN-10
- 0874222362
- ISBN-13
- 9780874222364
- Category
- Nature / Essays
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Washington State University Press
- Author
- Melvin R. Adams
Description
Netting the Sun offers a carefully crafted diversity of natural and human stories from a landscape seemingly empty and forlorn to passing casual travelers. This surprising interpretation of south central Oregon's botany, geology, wildlife, ethnography, and history reveals what a truly special place the high desert is.
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