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256 pp.
| Milkweed |
January, 2003 |
TradeISBN 1-57131-636-1$$19.95
(3)
YA
Illustrated by
Trudy Nicholson
&
Paul Mirocha.
This excellent book of essays, poems, and short fiction includes forty-three selections set along the U. S. Gulf Coast. There is plenty of variety and fine writing in a collection that includes work by Zora Neale Hurston, John Muir, and Edward O. Wilson. This resource is strengthened by extensive notes, maps, and information on the plants, animals, and ecosystems of the region. Bib., glos.