About the book
From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a masterwork in which he recounts the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life.
Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date, a book Robert Macfarlane calls \"magnificent; a contemprary epic, at once pained and urgent, personal and oracular.\" Horizon moves through the author's travels in six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Lopez moves from the fine details to the large, probing the history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. Throughout his journeys--to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe--Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.
In a revelatory work that voices concern and frustration along with humanity and hope, Lopez helps you see the world differently, through the crowning achievement of one of America's great thinkers and most humane voices.
Editions of Horizon
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780307355997
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780394585826
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780307356000
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780375708473
- EBook
- ISBN 9780525656210
- EBook
- ISBN 9780735277465
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780735279445
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780735279452
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781984889034
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781984889041
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From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a masterwork in which he recounts the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life.
Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date, a book Robert Macfarlane calls \"magnificent; a contemprary epic, at once pained and urgent, personal and oracular.\" Horizon moves through the author's travels in six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Lopez moves from the fine details to the large, probing the history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. Throughout his journeys--to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe--Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.
In a revelatory work that voices concern and frustration along with humanity and hope, Lopez helps you see the world differently, through the crowning achievement of one of America's great thinkers and most humane voices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Horizon about?
From the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams, a masterwork in which he recounts the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life.
Barry Lopez gives us his most far-ranging, yet personal, work to date, a book Robert Macfarlane calls \"magnificent; a contemprary epic, at once pained and urgent, personal and oracular.\" Horizon moves through the author's travels in six regions of the world: from Western Oregon to the High Arctic; from the Galápagos to the Kenyan desert; from Botany Bay in Australia to finally, unforgettably, the ice shelves of Antarctica.
Lopez moves from the fine details to the large, probing the history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada, the colonialists who plundered Central Africa, an enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific, a Native American emissary who found his way into isolationist Japan, and today's ecotourists in the tropics. Throughout his journeys--to some of the hottest, coldest, and most desolate places on the globe--Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world.
In a revelatory work that voices concern and frustration along with humanity and hope, Lopez helps you see the world differently, through the crowning achievement of one of America's great thinkers and most humane voices.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Horizon?
Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure > Nature and the natural world: general interest > The Earth: natural history: general interest
Where can I read a sample of Horizon?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780307355997
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Horizon?
Barry Lopez
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Horizon is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780307355997) and hardcover(ISBN 9780394585826) and paperback(ISBN 9780307356000) and paperback(ISBN 9780375708473) and ebook(ISBN 9780525656210) and ebook(ISBN 9780735277465) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780735279445) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780735279452) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781984889034) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781984889041)
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