50bookchallenge, 15000pages
Book #3 -- Bevil Knapp and Mike Dunne, America's Wetland: Louisiana's Vanishing Coast, 128 pages.
This is a wonderful coffee-table type book that combines a clearly readable exposé on the extent of wetland erosion in Louisiana with brilliant photographs illustrating both the shocking impact of the land loss with beautiful reminders of how important the area is naturally, culturally, and economically. Anyone reading this book will be seized by the desire to visit this beautiful and fragile landscape and hopefully inspired to help in any way they can.
Progress toward goals: 9/366 = 2.4%
Books: 3/150 = 2.0%
Pages: 844/50000 = 1.7%
2008 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven
This is a wonderful coffee-table type book that combines a clearly readable exposé on the extent of wetland erosion in Louisiana with brilliant photographs illustrating both the shocking impact of the land loss with beautiful reminders of how important the area is naturally, culturally, and economically. Anyone reading this book will be seized by the desire to visit this beautiful and fragile landscape and hopefully inspired to help in any way they can.
Progress toward goals: 9/366 = 2.4%
Books: 3/150 = 2.0%
Pages: 844/50000 = 1.7%
2008 Book List
cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven