The Meadowlands: Wilderness Adventures at the Edge of a City por Sullivan, Robert - 1998

Scribner, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scribner. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Scribner, 1998. hardcover. Like New. 4x1x6.

Scribner, 1998. hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9.

Scribner Book Company, 1998. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 6x0x9. I like to think of the Meadowlands as an undesignated national park, writes Robert Sullivan in his end-of-the-millennium take on Thoreau. In The Meadowlands, Sullivan does his Thoreauvian bean-counting in one of America's most infamous dumping grounds, the huge tract of marshy land just outside New York City that has withstood any and all attempts to subdue it with agriculture, industry, development, and an ever-shifting deluge of flotsam and jetsam. He may just be the first person in a century to willingly explore this fascinating but abused piece of real estate, and his investigation gives new meaning to intrepid reporting. By foot he tramps through the muck, and by canoe he navigates polluted rivers and marshes, noting the variegated species of trash and industrial cast-offs with as much zeal as he observes the surprisingly rich diversity of wildlife. Revealed in these stories is a landscape bursting with nature amid the curious… Ler mais

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Scribner, 1998. 220pp. Notes. Light wear, DJ:light wear.. 1st. Hb. VG+/VG.

Scribner. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

New York: Scribner, 1998. A gorgeous, pristine copy. As New condition in As New Dust Jacket. NOT price clipped ($23.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO fading. NO rubbing. Bright, shiny, clean, and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp, obviously never read. Map. List of chapter notes/sources. Bound in the original blue boards with a black spine lettered in shiny silver. "Here's the final -- and very funny -- proof that wild places can be found everywhere." -- Bill McKibben. "At once hilarious, touching, passionate, and poetic -- a great ride all the way." -- Tony Hiss. From the Dust Jacket: "Travel just five miles outside of New York City, venture off the crowded New Jersey Turnpike, and you will be surrounded by the Meadowlands, a much vilified but still untamed thirty-two-square-mile swamp that is home to rare birds and missing bodies, shiny corporate headquarters and the remnants of… Ler mais

Scribner, 1998. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:9780684832852

New York: Scribner, 1998. 220p., b/w front. map, dj.