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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton Tec Architectural Press
ISBN-101568980299
ISBN-139781568980294
eBay Product ID (ePID)1062768
Product Key Features
Number of Pages48 Pages
Publication NameShallow-Water Dictionary : a Grounding in Estuary English
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEarth Sciences / Hydrology, General, Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps, Word Lists
Publication Year1996
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaNature, Reference, Science
AuthorJohn Stilgoe
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight3.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN94-022373
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal427/.973/09169
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisShallow-Water Dictionary is both a celebration of the richness of our vernacular language and a lament on its passing -- and with it, the passing of the words we need to understand the shallow-water regions, which, once the primary landscape of America, now face extinction, both physical and linguistic. Beautifully written, Shallow-Water Dictionary is a thought-provoking and valuable addition to our knowlege of our changing landscape. Stilgoe's definitions are lyric explanations -- literary, etymological, historical, vernacular -- of more than 25 words and terms whose original meanings have been eroded by time.