The Pine Island Paradox (World As Home, The)
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: April 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781571312761
Subjects: Island ecology; Essays; American Philosophy; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Nature/Ecology; Nature; Human Ecology; Nature / Essays; Conservation of natural resour; Ecology; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental ethics
First sentence: The Pacific Coast of Canada and southeast Alaska is a mountain range carved by glaciers into knife ridges and shadowed valleys.
Description: "Author Kathleen Dean Moore believes we live in a world of islands - both literal and figurative - mapped out by generations of Western philosophers whose mission was, it seems, to steadfastly remove humans from nature. The result is a loneliness that isolates us from ourselves, our families, and our natural world. Through essays about family vacations, wilderness adventures, and backyard gardening, Moore maps out a different philosophy about what is means to connect, to love, and to live in a culture where islands are truly linked beneath the surface." "Whether she's stalking a pack of harbor seals or being a mother to her father in his last days, Kathleen Dean Moore presents in her writing a richness and power of connection that expands the idea of family."--BOOK JACKET.