Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination Kenneth L. Gentry With anecdotes and maxims learned

With anecdotes and maxims learned along the way

ISBN13: 9781684423958

ISBN13: 9780804760294

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Stirring the Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, and Human Imagination Kenneth L. Gentry With anecdotes and maxims learnedIn these nine evocative essays, Barbara Hurd explores the seductive allure of bogs, swamps, and wetlands. Hurd's forays into the land of carnivorous plants, swamp gas, and bog men provide fertile ground for rich thoughts about mythology, literature, Eastern spirituality, and human longing. In her observations of these muddy environments, she finds ample metaphor for human creativity, imagination, and fear. Author: Barbara Hurd Publisher: University of