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A Land

by Jacquetta Hopkins Hawkes · 1951

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A pioneering work of modern nature writing; a natural history of the author's beloved British Isles that inhabits a lush territory somewhere between science and poetry.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
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naturenatureMore like thisLess of thisarchaeologyarchaeologyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
BritishBritishMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 268 pages

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