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The Wildest Place on Earth: Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness
The Wildest Place on Earth Italian Gardens and the Invention of Wilderness
Author: John Hanson Mitchell
A captivating journey to uncover the essence of wilderness, by one of this country's most original nature writers. In five highly acclaimed books, John Hanson Mitchell has explored small local landscapes to ask the larger question of what it means to be living on earth in our time. In his newest exploration he sets out from the convoluted paths...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781582430461
ISBN-10: 1582430462
Publication Date: 3/27/2001
Pages: 194
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Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Mitchell's discussion of gardens expands his thinking about landscapes in Eastern Massachusetts to the old world of gardening in Italy and some history of garden design. While very personal in his approach, interweaving history with details from his own life, the book is still quite abstract.


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