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Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth

Logan, William Bryant

Paperback

Environmental StudiesGeologyNature Writing

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ISBN10: 039332947X
ISBN13: 9780393329476
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Jan 1 2007
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.54 Depth: 8.22
Language: English

You are about to read a lot about dirt, which no one knows very much about. So begins the cult classic that brings mystery and magic to that stuff that won't come off your collar.

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Saint Phocas, Darwin, and Virgil parade through this thought-provoking work, taking their place next to the dung beetle, the compost heap, dowsing, historical farming, and the microscopic biota that till the soil. Whether William Bryant Logan is traversing the far reaches of the cosmos or plowing through our planet's crust, his delightful, elegant, and surprisingly soulful meditations greatly enrich our concept of dirt, that substance from which we all arise and to which we all must return.

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