Dirt The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

Name: Dirt The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth
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ISBN: 9780393329476

ISBN-10: 039332947X

ISBN-13: 9780393329476

Edition: 2007

Authors: William Bryant Logan

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"A gleeful, poetic book. Like the best natural histories, Dirt is a kind of prayer."Los Angeles Times Book Review "You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about." So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to "that stuff that won't come off your collar." John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. With fresh eyes and heartfelt reverence, William Bryant Logan variously observes, "There is glamour to the study of rock"; "The most mysterious place on…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

William Bryant Logan is a Quill & Trowel Award-winning writer, a member of the faculty at the New York Botanical Garden, a sought-after lecturer and teacher, and a practicing arborist. He is the author of Oak and Dirt, the latter of which was made into an award-winning documentary. He lives in New York City and the Hudson Valley.