Bay Country: Reflections on the Chesapeake
- ISBN-10
- 0899198376
- ISBN-13
- 9780899198378
- Category
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Author
- Tom Horton
Description
A rare combination of insight and infectious good humor mark this poetical collection of land, water, people, and nature. In the traditon of great naturalists, Horton sees the landscape as a departure point from which to explore the universe.
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