The Arbutus/Madrone Files: Reading the Pacific NorthwestThis lively and perceptive look at the literature of the U.S. and Canadian Pacific Northwest explores the dynamics of the cross-border region using resonant quotations, poetry, song lyrics, and art to demonstrate and enhance Laurie Ricou's critical readings and ideas. |
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Reading the Pacific Northwest Laurence Ricou. Re : Files The arbutus tree ( Arbutus menziesii ) , a native broad - leaved evergreen , often serves as a regional symbol ; the boundaries of its distribution offer one way of mapping the ...
Reading the Pacific Northwest Laurence Ricou. Re : Files The arbutus tree ( Arbutus menziesii ) , a native broad - leaved evergreen , often serves as a regional symbol ; the boundaries of its distribution offer one way of mapping the ...
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... arbutus / madrone : Besides a variety of Pines we here saw the Sycamore Maple - the American Aldar - a species of wild Crab & the Oriental Strawberry Tree [ ( named by the Saxon botanist Frederick Pursh in 1813 ) Arbutus Menziesii ] ...
... arbutus / madrone : Besides a variety of Pines we here saw the Sycamore Maple - the American Aldar - a species of wild Crab & the Oriental Strawberry Tree [ ( named by the Saxon botanist Frederick Pursh in 1813 ) Arbutus Menziesii ] ...
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... arbutus an icon , a local lifeform that expresses perfectly the spir- it of the land " ( 102 ) . His chapter " The Arbutus " in Secret Coastline ( 2000 ) is a compact history of the naming , painting , ecology , and legends of arbutus ...
... arbutus an icon , a local lifeform that expresses perfectly the spir- it of the land " ( 102 ) . His chapter " The Arbutus " in Secret Coastline ( 2000 ) is a compact history of the naming , painting , ecology , and legends of arbutus ...
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