Dirt the ecstatic skin of the earth
"In these brief, elegant essays, the author raises the concept of dirt to new levels. Logan, a monthly columnist for the New York Times, looks at soil formation and development. His topics range from quarries and the foundations of cathedrals to graveyards and earthworms, from husbandry in anci...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Norton
2007
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. as a Norton paperback |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "In these brief, elegant essays, the author raises the concept of dirt to new levels. Logan, a monthly columnist for the New York Times, looks at soil formation and development. His topics range from quarries and the foundations of cathedrals to graveyards and earthworms, from husbandry in ancient Rome to composting in Florida. Logan pays tribute to the dung beetle as a symbol of renewal; he notes that dirt is the source of many drugs that work against infectious diseases (penicillin, streptomycin). He discusses the many forms of clay and the agricultural practices of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the Iroquois. Dirt is a natural history of the soil and our connection with it." --Publishers Weekly. |
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| Beschreibung: | Previous ed.: New York: Riverhead, 1995 |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 202 p. 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780393329476 978-0-393-32947-6 039332947X 0-393-32947-X |