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Last barriers : photographs of wilderness in the Gulf Islands National Seashore /

Rarely has a book of photography performed a more poignant and immediate service in preserving a natural Mississippi wonder. The Mississippi Gulf Coast barrier islands captured the heart and mind of Donald Bradburn (b. 1924) in childhood. He became fascinated with the natural history and ornithology...

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Основен автор: Bradburn, Donald Muir.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Jackson, MS : University Press of Mississippi, ℗♭2011.
Предмети:
Wilderness areas > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Natural history > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Landscapes > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Description and travel.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Environmental conditions.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Description and travel.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Environmental conditions.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Pictorial works.
History.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Plants & Animals.
Ecology.
Landscapes.
Natural history.
Travel.
Wilderness areas.
Mississippi > Horn Island.
United States > Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Electronic books.
Pictorial works.
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Резюме: Rarely has a book of photography performed a more poignant and immediate service in preserving a natural Mississippi wonder. The Mississippi Gulf Coast barrier islands captured the heart and mind of Donald Bradburn (b. 1924) in childhood. He became fascinated with the natural history and ornithology he witnessed. To him, the islands, especially Horn Island with its dark forests, high dunes, and deserted beaches, represented unbounded freedom and the ideal of a timeless world. Years later, when the National Park Service threatened to open the islands to "almost unlimited opportunities for.
Физически характеристики: 1 online resource (147 pages) : color illustrations
ISBN: 9781604739824
1604739827

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