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Overview
In this one-of-a-kind travel book, William L. Fox navigates us through the stunning void of the Great Basin and the neurophysiological processes by which we make sense of the landscape with art, architecture, and narrative.Editorials
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Leads readers through the roughly one-quarter million acres that comprise the Great Basin, the highest and driest of the American deserts. First describes a landscape so empty and undifferentiated that the visual and cognitive expectations of the human mind are confounded, then focuses on the evolution of cartography and the explorations of John Charles Fr<'e>mont in his search for a legendary river. Considers the language and metaphors we continue to place around and over this void. Fox is literary consultant for the Western States Arts Federation. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
March 1, 2000
Publisher
Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2000.
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780874806496