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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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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.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; CONTENTS; SAVING HORN AND PETIT BOIS ISLANDS: The History of a campaign for Wilderness; PHOTOGRAPHS; AFTERWORD 
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