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- Edge Effects: Notes From An Oregon Forest
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: University of Iowa Press
- Series: American Land & Life
summary
Buying his dream house several years ago on the forest's edge near Corvallis, Oregon, essayist Chris Anderson hoped to find the joys of rural living. Despite interminable Mr. Blandings experiences, he lived embowered by 12,000 acres of seemingly endless fir trees. But not for long. The McDonald-Dunn Forest was about to become the site of a disturbing research project. Little did Anderson know when he bought his house that, in addition to studying the ecological effects of clear-cutting, the researchers wanted to see how urban fringe dwellers might be affected too. The shock of that harvest compelled the essays in this vibrant, graceful record of the relationship between the forest and Anderson's life on its boundary.
Table of Contents
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- To the Reader
- pp. xv-xix
- Forest of Voices
- pp. 1-31
- Life on the Edge
- pp. 33-74
- Excursions
- pp. 75-106
- Deeper in the Forest
- pp. 107-153
- Life and the Essay Compared to a Forest
- pp. 155-185
Additional Information
ISBN
9781587290053
Related ISBN(s)
9780877454380
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
44959055
Pages
207
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1993