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Crossing Open Ground
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez's essay collection roams from the Arctic to the Sonoran Desert, from stone horse intaglios to the relationship between landscape and imagination. Each essay is a small, precise act of attention. Lopez at his most accessible.
Culture & Place
desert
Essays
American Southwest
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Publisher
Vintage
Published
1989
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