num_pages: 208
description: A collection of essays reflecting the ideas of man and landscape includes a statement of the power of landscape as metaphor and an account of the attempt to save thirty-six whales stranded on a beach
language: English
title: Crossing Open Ground
titlecomplete: Crossing Open Ground
genres: History, Memoir, Science, Nature, Essays, Westerns, Travel, Nonfiction, Natural History, Environment
ratings_count: 1335
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Oregon Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Finalist)
publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons