Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa from Vermont to Italy in the footsteps of George Perkins Marsh /

Elder, John, 1947-

Pilgrimage to Vallombrosa from Vermont to Italy in the footsteps of George Perkins Marsh / John Elder. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2006. - 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) - Under the sign of nature .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Marrying the map -- Headwaters -- Compatriots -- Saint Beech -- After olive picking -- Hunter in the sky -- Gifts of prophecy -- The broken sheepfold -- Mowing -- Dust of snow -- Inheriting Mount Tom -- Forever wild again -- Into the wind -- Maggie Brook.



9780813934297


Elder, John, 1947- --Travel.
Marsh, George P. 1801-1882 --Travel.


Human ecology--Philosophy.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Philosophy of nature.
Geographical perception.


Electronic Books.

GF21 / .P554 2006