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Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World

by Scott Russell Sanders · 1993 · 224 pages

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In the tradition of Wendell Berry, Sanders champions fidelity to place, informed by ecological awareness, arguing that intimacy with one's home region is the grounding for global knowledge.

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Subject
biographyself-help
Themes
community
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages
Form
essays

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