Home Ground : Language for an American Landscape [electronic resource]

• Tác giả: Debra Gwartney, Barry Lopez
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 917.3 Geography of and travel in United States
• Thông tin xuất bản: San Antonio : Jackson : Trinity University Press Perseus-PGW [Distributor] 2010
• Mô tả vật lý: 480 p. , 10.250 x 07.750 in.
• Bộ sưu tập: Lịch sử, Địa lý
• ID: 115449
• Chủ đề: 1. Americanisms; 2. Geography--Terminology; 3. Names, Geographical--United States; 4. United States--Description and Travel

Tóm tắt

Annotation With more than 850 descriptions, 100 line drawings, and 70 quotations from works by Willa Cather, Truman Capote, John Updike, and others, this landmark work of language geography features a community of writers who describe America's landscape in descriptive terms.