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Traces of Eden

The book is subtitled The Last of the American Wilderness. The author spent three years traveling the continent to gather these images and each is superb The large dimensions do justice to the work and have given me a whole new appreciation of “coffee table books.”
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Ray Zimmerman Ray Zimmerman said: " The book is much more valuable if you do the exercises provided with each chapter. I tried the first one before and during a walk to my favorite waterfall. Observations increased at least threefold during the walk. As observations increased, journali ...more "

 
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This book caused me to develop a whole new appreciation for “coffee table books.” The large format allows for spectacular displays of the author’s photographs which are high art.
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In a world where local literature often celebrates well known people and events, Mr. Anderson has focused on the unhoused. He interviewed several of Chattanooga’s lesser known residents with video recordings and put their stories in his book. Each st ...more
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The introduction is the story of a child of poverty always living on the margins.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer
“I close my eyes and listen to the voices of the rain.”
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“When George Washington directed federal troops to exterminate the Onondaga during the Revolutionary War, a nation that had numbered in the tens of thousands was reduced to a few hundred people in a matter of one year.”
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“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
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