Ann Zwinger
Autor von Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West
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Naturalist, travel writer and artist Ann Zwinger has produced such books as The Nearsighted Naturalist, Women in the Wilderness (co-authored with her daughter, Susan), and Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River Through the Grand Canyon (which won the Western States Book Award for mehr anzeigen Creative Nonfiction). (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Grand Canyon Field School
Werke von Ann Zwinger
Run, River, Run: A Naturalist's Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West (1975) 71 Exemplare
The Mysterious Lands: A Naturalist Explores the Four Great Deserts of the Southwest (1989) 60 Exemplare
A Desert Country Near the Sea: A Natural History of the Cape Region of Baja California (1983) 28 Exemplare
Colorado 3 Exemplare
Law and Order (Plateau Journal: Land and Peoples of the Colorado Plateau, Vol 4/1) (2000) 1 Exemplar
The Mysterious Lands 1 Exemplar
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- Zwinger, Ann Haymond
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- 1925-03-12
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- USA
- Geburtsort
- Muncie, Indiana, USA
- Wohnorte
- Muncie, Indiana, USA
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA - Ausbildung
- Wellesley College (BA|Art History|1946)
Indiana University (MA|Art History|1950) - Berufe
- natural history writer
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- Colorado Nature Conservancy (member emeritus)
The Orion Society (director)
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- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1991)
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Another pleasing point to Downcanyon was the addition of quotes from other explorers before each chapter. It's as if Zwinger is giving a nod to those who went down the Colorado with far less in every sense. Less equipment, less experience, less education. Those who went before were more daring, more adventurous, and without a doubt, put themselves in far more danger. Downcanyon is the exploration of the Colorado River for Zwinger and Zwinger alone.… (mehr)