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The Savage Landscape: How We Made The Wilderness
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A Lyrical Exploration Of The WorldS Wildest, Most Forbiddingly Remote PlacesAnd The Humans Who Have Always Been There, By An AwardWinning And Critically Acclaimed Writerfrom The Blacksand Beaches Of Iceland, To River Crossings Deep In The Amazon Jungle, To The Barren Beauty Of Antarctica, Wildernesses Make Up Some Of The WorldS More Alluring Natural Landscapes. But What Is A Wilderness, Really? It Is A Powerful, Ancient Concept, Lying At The Intersection Of Landscape, Philosophy, And Ecology. And For Thousands Of Years, People Have Sought Out Uncontrolled, Unknown, Or Uncharted Nature In Search Of Religious Epiphany, SelfActualization, And An Escape From Modern Life. More Recently These Pristine Places Have Been Seen As The Subject Of A Last Effort To Repair A Planet Imperiled By Humans.But As AwardWinning Writer Cal Flyn Traverses The Most Forbidding, Untamed And Inhospitable Wild LandsThe Supposedly Uninhabited Wilds Of The WorldShe Finds That Such Truly Untouched Lands DonT Exist: Nearly Every Wilderness Has Been Or Is Actively Inhabited By Humans. Here We Meet Ascetics In Search Of Theophany In The Desert; Lonely Shepherds Running Off Wolves Under The Stars; Missionaries Preaching From Shacks Deep In The Jungle; Wise Lamas Meditating Under Lofty Mountain Peaks.The Savage Landscape Takes Us Into These Breathtaking WildsDeep Into Dark Forests, To The Tops Of Mountains, And Into The Hearts Of DesertsAsking Provocative Questions About The Nature Of Wilderness, Its Preservation, And Its Meaning.
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