The Outer Lands
A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island
Will be published approx. on 19. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-68268-188-6 (ISBN)
Description
"An extraordinary achievement in natural history and science. But it's so artfully written you forget it's a scientific treatise and find yourself reading it with sheer pleasure." - Provincetown Advocate
Dorothy Sterling explores the fascinating plants and animals that inhabit the peninsulas and islands of the East Coast known as the Outer Lands. With vibrant original drawings by Winifred Lubell and a new foreword by natural historian Robert Finch, The Outer Lands is a lively, lovingly observed biography of place.
Dorothy Sterling explores the fascinating plants and animals that inhabit the peninsulas and islands of the East Coast known as the Outer Lands. With vibrant original drawings by Winifred Lubell and a new foreword by natural historian Robert Finch, The Outer Lands is a lively, lovingly observed biography of place.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Woodstock
United States
Publishing group
WW Norton & Co
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
300 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68268-188-6 (9781682681886)
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Additional editions
Dorothy Sterling
The Outer Lands
A Natural History Guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island
E-Book
07/2018
Countryman Press
€18.49
Available for download
Person
Dorothy Sterling (1913-2008) was a native New Yorker who lived for many years on Cape Cod in Wellfleet. She made many trips to Nantucket, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, and Long Island. She was a painstaking and thorough researcher with a long list of natural history, biography, and fiction books to her credit.