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Because It Is So Beautiful: Unraveling the Mystique of the American West
By Reid, Robert Leonard
- ISBN
- 9781619029293 9781619029767
- Publisher
- Counterpoint
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Library Journal
Starred Review on August 4, 2017 | Nonfiction
A "loose sally of the mind" is how writer Samuel Johnson described the method behind the personal essay, and Reid displays it brilliantly here. Selections are from his previous works, including Mountains of the Great Blue Dream (1991), America, New Mexico (1998), and Arctic Circle (2010); some previously unpublished pieces are included as well. Blending memoir, travelog, white-knuckle alpine adven...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
