Lakeland
Ballad of a Freshwater Country
$32.99
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
25 July 2011
Summary
Winner of the Governor General’s award for NonfictionIn this wry, sensual, and entertaining journey into the greatest lake country on earth, Allan Casey examines how lakes provide an open door to wilderness for average people, how our deepest relationships with nature may be forged on their shores. It is a tale of hope and threat combined, for our colonization of the lakeshore can diminish the very qualities that draw us there from the city-beauty, purity, simplicity.Casey encounters cotta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781553658856 |
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| ISBN-10: | 155365885X |
| Author: | Allan Casey |
| Publisher: | Greystone Books,Canada |
| Imprint: | Greystone Books,Canada |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 25 July 2011 |
| Weight: | 411g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm |
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“Allan Casey’s love of lakes is infectious”
“Allan Casey’s love of lakes is infectious” – Canadian Geographic
About The Author
Allan Casey
Allan Casey is a freelance journalist with a special interest in wilderness and adventure travel. His writing has won numerous Western Magazine Awards and several National Magazine Award nominations. His writing and photography have appeared in many major Canadian magazines, including Canadian Geographic. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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