Last Barriers : Photographs of Wilderness in the Gulf Islands National Seashore /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bradburn, Donald Muir
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wilderness areas.
Travel.
Natural history.
Landscapes.
Ecology.
PHOTOGRAPHY > Subjects & Themes > Plants & Animals.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Landscapes > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Natural history > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Wilderness areas > Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
United States > Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Mississippi > Horn Island.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Description and travel.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Description and travel.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Environmental conditions.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Environmental conditions.
Horn Island (Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Gulf Islands National Seashore (Fla. and Miss.) > Pictorial works.
Pictorial works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (144 pages).
ISBN:9781604739824

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