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Nash, Gerald D. --- West (U.S.) --- West (U.S.) --- Civilization --- History

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In this invigorating mix of memoir, natural history, and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise--the color and the gem--to illuminate our profound human attachment to landscape. From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatán Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of great beauty and great desecration. Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even swimming pools. She introduces us to Navajo "velvet grandmothers" whose attire and aesthetics absorb the vivid palette of their homeland, and to Persians who consider turquoise the life-saving equivalent of a bullet-proof vest. Throughout, Meloy invites us to appreciate along with her the endless surprises in all of life and celebrates the seduction to be found in our natural surroundings. -- Provided by publisher.

Natural history --- Wilderness areas --- Women artists --- Women authors, American --- Women naturalists --- Meloy, Ellen --- Meloy, Ellen --- West (U.S.) --- West (U.S.)

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Urban-rural migration --- Natural resources --- Management. --- West (U.S.) --- Population --- Environmental aspects.

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Geomorphology --- Landforms --- Hydrology --- Special issues --- Land forms --- Aquatic sciences --- Earth sciences --- Hydrography --- Water --- Geomorphic geology --- Physiography --- Physical geography --- Clark, William, --- Lewis, Meriwether, --- Lewis and Clark Expedition --- Corps of Discovery --- Corps of Discovery Expedition --- Ėkspedit︠s︡ii︠a︡ Lʹi︠u︡isa i Klarka --- Lewis & Clark Expedition --- Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition --- Lewis and Clarke Expedition --- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Expedition --- West (U.S.) --- Description and travel. --- Description and travel --- Geomorphology - West (U.S.) --- Landforms - West (U.S.) --- Hydrology - West (U.S.)