The anthropology of turquoise : reflections on desert, sea, stone, and sky
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Meloy, Ellen.
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2003, [2002].
Format
Book
Edition
1st Vintage Books ed.
Physical Desc
x, 323 pages ; 21 cm
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Checked Out
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Main Library - Adult917.90433 MelChecked OutApril 30, 2024
Oliver La Farge - Adult917.90433 MelChecked OutMay 9, 2024
Southside - Adult917.90433 MelOn Hold Shelf

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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2003, [2002].
Edition
1st Vintage Books ed.
Language
English

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Subtitle of 2002 ed.: meditations on landscape, art, and spirit.
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2002.
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Integrating elements of memoir, adventure, and natural history, the author explores the mysteries of the natural world, using turquoise, both the color and the gem, as a metaphor, journeying to canyons, deserts, seas, and mountains.

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Biographies.
Meloy, Ellen -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Meloy, Ellen.
Natural history -- West (U.S.)
West (U.S.) -- Biography.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Wilderness areas -- West (U.S.)
Women artists -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Women authors, American -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
Women naturalists -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.