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Item Details
Title:
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MEADOWLANDS
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By: |
Robert Sullivan |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1862077622 |
ISBN 13: |
9781862077621 |
Publisher: |
GRANTA BOOKS |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2006 |
Pages: |
224 |
Description: |
Five miles west of New York City, the Meadowlands is a vilified and smelly tract of swampland. The author tramps through the muck on foot, and navigates the polluted rivers in a canoe, describing the industrial detritus, and observing the rich diversity of wildlife. This is an ode to an overlooked American borderland. |
Synopsis: |
Just five miles west of New York City, the Meadowlands is an untamed, vilified, half-developed and smelly tract of swampland. It is home to rare birds and missing bodies, tranquil marshes and a major sports arena, burning garbage dumps and corporate headquarters, the remains of the original Penn Station and possibly those of more than one mafioso. Acclaimed writer Robert Sullivan proves himself to be the perfect explorer, historian and archaeologist for this fragile yet amazingly resilient region. He tramps through the muck on foot and navigates the polluted rivers in a canoe, all the while describing the industrial detritus with as much zeal as he observes the surprisingly rich diversity of wildlife. "The Meadowlands" is an ode to an overlooked American borderland, a delightfully incongruous battleground marking the ongoing struggle between the forces of progress and nature. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Granta Books |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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