Crossing Open Ground;

Thiis is a collection of 14 essays from the award-winning author of "Arctic Dreams". Touching on themes of friendship and community obligation, helping us to understand how landscape touches the soul, here is a vision of the bond between mankind and the land and the betrayal of that bond. Barry Lopez has also written "Of Wolves and Men" and several collections of fiction including "Winter Count" and "River Notes". He has received an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal, among others.