The rich American landscape, both natural and cultural, is being threatened and in some cases wiped away completely. "Preservation" Editor-at-Large James Conaway takes to the road in "Vanishing America," exploring the places, people, and traditions that have helped to shape our national identity. Part personal narrative and part travelogue, his journey offers a smart and informative account from across the country. From D.C's National Cathedral to a deserted cabin in Big Sur, from dinosaur bones in New Mexico's Bisti ...
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The rich American landscape, both natural and cultural, is being threatened and in some cases wiped away completely. "Preservation" Editor-at-Large James Conaway takes to the road in "Vanishing America," exploring the places, people, and traditions that have helped to shape our national identity. Part personal narrative and part travelogue, his journey offers a smart and informative account from across the country. From D.C's National Cathedral to a deserted cabin in Big Sur, from dinosaur bones in New Mexico's Bisti Badlands to the weatherworn facade of New Orleans, along the way Conaway meets cowboys, hippies, real estate developers, and many others whose stories weave into a national identity at once created, disappearing, destroyed, and continually redefined. Many of the best reflections of what the country once stood for lie around us abused, exploited, or ignored. How do we resolve the notion of preservation within a culture so dependent on growth and prosperity? With wit and acute urgency, Conaway reminds us that every bit of property, historic landmark, and distinct community, is vulnerable. These essays serve as a lament for what's being lost, a prompt for what we still have to preserve, and a celebration of our nation's unique characteristics.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Shoemaker Hoard Publishers, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Fine navy half cloth with gilt titles, ivory boards, tight and solid, internals pristine. Landscape journalism at its best, portraying an America that is in need of protection of its landscapes, of its lands and structures. The rich American landscape, natural and cultural, is being threatened and in some cases wiped away completely by "progress" and other forms of devastation. Journalist James Conaway takes to the road exploring places, people and traditions that are currently challenged by social and physicsl change. He understands that exploding population and gigantic industry will change the beauty of America's landscape, but asks why does the change so often produce an eyesore to replace vanished beauty? He detects a destructive American lust for the ugly at work. "A graceful lament for a continent fast being used up". 375 pages. 5.25 x 9.25 inches. 2007, Shoemaker Hoard Publishers, US.
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