Re: [AlwaysLearning] William Least Heat Moon
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On Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:16:19 -0600 KT <Tuck@...> writes:
cross-country on the smaller roads (blue on most maps) and the people he
meets and the things he sees? I read that 15 or 20 years ago and still
remember it, and I've always wanted to do that.
I'm now reading David Quammen's The Flight of the Iguana, which is also
fascinating. It's basically about how he learns about various animals and
nature-related topics, but it's very easy reading, conversational and
interesting. I like books that basically tell the story of how someone
learns about something, if that makes sense. Last night I read Cacie the
part about Environmental Sex Determination, or how some animals develop
into males or females depending on environment, not genetics... it was
just too amazing.
Dar
> A long and somewhat tedious yet interesting book about the tall grassIsn't he the same guy who wrote Blue Highways, about traveling
> prairie is _PrairyErth_ by William Least Heat Moon. All about Chase
> County, Kansas. It amazed me that one person could say so much about
> one county, but that was exactly his point I suppose.
>
> I really liked his book _River-Horse_ in which he took a boat from
> the Atlantic to the Pacific, all via river.
cross-country on the smaller roads (blue on most maps) and the people he
meets and the things he sees? I read that 15 or 20 years ago and still
remember it, and I've always wanted to do that.
I'm now reading David Quammen's The Flight of the Iguana, which is also
fascinating. It's basically about how he learns about various animals and
nature-related topics, but it's very easy reading, conversational and
interesting. I like books that basically tell the story of how someone
learns about something, if that makes sense. Last night I read Cacie the
part about Environmental Sex Determination, or how some animals develop
into males or females depending on environment, not genetics... it was
just too amazing.
Dar
Nancy Wooton
on 3/30/02 12:33 PM, freeform@... at freeform@... wrote:
*wonderful* writing, about an English boy spending the war years in Greece
with his mother and older siblings. I've been reading it slowly for months,
savoring it. He is a naturalist from birth, spending all the time he can
observing and learning from the animals around the islands. His mother
hires various tutors to try to keep up his education, but none are as good a
teacher as nature.
Nancy
> I'm now reading David Quammen's The Flight of the Iguana, which is alsoHave you read "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell? It's
> fascinating. It's basically about how he learns about various animals and
> nature-related topics, but it's very easy reading, conversational and
> interesting. I like books that basically tell the story of how someone
> learns about something, if that makes sense.
*wonderful* writing, about an English boy spending the war years in Greece
with his mother and older siblings. I've been reading it slowly for months,
savoring it. He is a naturalist from birth, spending all the time he can
observing and learning from the animals around the islands. His mother
hires various tutors to try to keep up his education, but none are as good a
teacher as nature.
Nancy
Pam Hartley
Durrell wrote two more books about growing up on Corfu, all three are
equally marvelous. My Family and Other Animals is first, then Birds, Beasts
and Relatives, and finally Fauna and Family. He wrote lots of other books,
too, but the Corfu ones are my favorites, and they're very encouraging to
unschoolers. :)
I must admit that my favorite scenes in the book are those involving his
family, which is NOT appreciative of his "genius" with nature (or the
animals he fills the house with!)
The books are easy enough to come by at www.bookfinder.com
Pam
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From: Nancy Wooton <ikonstitcher@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] William Least Heat Moon
Date: Sat, Mar 30, 2002, 6:11 PM
Have you read "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell? It's
*wonderful* writing, about an English boy spending the war years in Greece
with his mother and older siblings. I've been reading it slowly for months,
savoring it. He is a naturalist from birth, spending all the time he can
observing and learning from the animals around the islands. His mother
hires various tutors to try to keep up his education, but none are as good a
teacher as nature.
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equally marvelous. My Family and Other Animals is first, then Birds, Beasts
and Relatives, and finally Fauna and Family. He wrote lots of other books,
too, but the Corfu ones are my favorites, and they're very encouraging to
unschoolers. :)
I must admit that my favorite scenes in the book are those involving his
family, which is NOT appreciative of his "genius" with nature (or the
animals he fills the house with!)
The books are easy enough to come by at www.bookfinder.com
Pam
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From: Nancy Wooton <ikonstitcher@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] William Least Heat Moon
Date: Sat, Mar 30, 2002, 6:11 PM
Have you read "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell? It's
*wonderful* writing, about an English boy spending the war years in Greece
with his mother and older siblings. I've been reading it slowly for months,
savoring it. He is a naturalist from birth, spending all the time he can
observing and learning from the animals around the islands. His mother
hires various tutors to try to keep up his education, but none are as good a
teacher as nature.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Fetteroll
on 3/30/02 9:11 PM, Nancy Wooton at ikonstitcher@... wrote:
How to shoot an amateur naturalist
Marrying off mother and other stories sound recording
The aye-aye and I
The fantastic flying journey
The picnic and suchlike pandemonium
The Stationary ark
These are the only ones of his available as audio books through our library
which is about the only way I get to "read" longer books!
Joyce
> Have you read "My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell?Have you, or anyone, read any of these:
How to shoot an amateur naturalist
Marrying off mother and other stories sound recording
The aye-aye and I
The fantastic flying journey
The picnic and suchlike pandemonium
The Stationary ark
These are the only ones of his available as audio books through our library
which is about the only way I get to "read" longer books!
Joyce
Kate Green
Marrying off mother is really funny (from what I remember -- it's been a
few years).
The zoo and Corfu ones are good for kids as well. My oldest son read them
when he was about 11 and loved them.
kate
At 07:09 PM 4/6/02 -0500, you wrote:
few years).
The zoo and Corfu ones are good for kids as well. My oldest son read them
when he was about 11 and loved them.
kate
At 07:09 PM 4/6/02 -0500, you wrote:
> on 3/30/02 9:11 PM, Nancy Wooton at ikonstitcher@... wrote:
>
>>"" by Gerald Durrell?
>
> Have you, or anyone, read any of these:
>
> How to shoot an amateur naturalist
> Marrying off mother and other stories sound recording
> The aye-aye and I
> The fantastic flying journey
> The picnic and suchlike pandemonium
> The Stationary ark
>
> These are the only ones of his available as audio books through our library
>"" longer books!
>
> Joyce
>
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