Landmarks
Macfarlane, Robert
Landmarks - x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2015. Includes additional glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-417) and index.
The word-hoard -- A counter-desecration phrasebook -- The living mountain -- The woods and the water -- Hunting life -- The tunnel of swords and axes -- North-minded -- Bastard countryside -- Stone-books -- The black locust and the silver pine -- Childish.
"Explores the landscape of the British Isles through its ancient place names, interspersed with biographical essays on some of the author's favorite writers who have paid close attention to the natural world."
9780241967874
2016429716
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Travel--Great Britain.
Landscapes--Great Britain--Terminology.
English language--Variation--Great Britain.
British Isles--Description and travel.
DA632.M3245
Landmarks - x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2015. Includes additional glossary.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-417) and index.
The word-hoard -- A counter-desecration phrasebook -- The living mountain -- The woods and the water -- Hunting life -- The tunnel of swords and axes -- North-minded -- Bastard countryside -- Stone-books -- The black locust and the silver pine -- Childish.
"Explores the landscape of the British Isles through its ancient place names, interspersed with biographical essays on some of the author's favorite writers who have paid close attention to the natural world."
9780241967874
2016429716
Macfarlane, Robert, 1976- --Travel--Great Britain.
Landscapes--Great Britain--Terminology.
English language--Variation--Great Britain.
British Isles--Description and travel.
DA632.M3245