Books by Roderick Nash
“It analyses how ‘wild’ landscapes came to be prized by a colonial society seeking its own monuments in the absence of Roman ruins or established art museums. European settler society either defined itself against Native American culture or simply ignored it, and the westward-sweeping frontier became an important element in the story colonial America told itself about itself—as did the frighteningly alien landscapes the colonists encountered, explored and mapped over the decades.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
Interviews where books by Roderick Nash were recommended
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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
ed. Benedicta Ward -
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The Great New Wilderness Debate
ed. J. Baird Callicott and Michael P. Nelson -
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Wilderness and the American Mind
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The Worst Journey in the World
by Apsley Cherry-Garrard -
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit
The best books on Wilderness, recommended by Cal Flyn
The best books on Wilderness, recommended by Cal Flyn
Henry David Thoreau insisted that “in wildness is the preservation of the world.” His words have inspired conservationists to bring many of the planet’s more ruggedly beautiful places under environmental protection. But ‘wilderness’ as a concept has become increasingly contested in recent years, explains Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn, whose new book The Savage Landscape unravels the history of an electrifying idea.
