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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 769.92
EAN: 9781597140973
ISBN: 159714097X
Label: Heyday Books
Manufacturer: Heyday Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: May 01, 2009
Publisher: Heyday Books
Studio: Heyday Books
Features:- ISBN13: 9781597140973
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Seventy-two views of Mt. Tamalpais In a new collaboration by the authors of the bestselling The High Sierra of California, readers are introduced to the unique mountain overlooking San Francisco Bay. A source of story and myth since time began, Mt. Tamalpais has inspired conservationists, trail builders, botanists, artists, and poets for more than a century. With freshness and sustained delight, Tamalpais Walking explores Mt. Tamalpais s natural, cultural, historic, and spiritual dimensions. It is a book shaped by two master craftsmen collaborating on an enterprise nurtured by long and passionate involvement. The artwork is the product of Tom Killion s decades of depicting and interpreting the mountain s many moods and aspects. Gary Snyder has been hiking Mt. Tamalpais since 1948, and through poetry and a new, revealing essay he offers his thoughts on the mountain, its history, and the practice of walking meditation. Further enriched with Killion s essays on the mountain s history and selections from the work of Jack Kerouac, Ina Coolbrith, Kenneth Rexroth, and Lew Welch, Tamalpais Walking takes us deep into Mt. Tamalpais s pathways, offering original, revelatory views of a mountain prominent not just on the landscape but in the history and imagination of the West Coast.
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I own a Killion print. I compared it to the color plate in the book and I was amazed at how similar they are. This is a great thing.
The writing is extremely nice, but it's really the prints that make this book wonderful for me, as I am a huge Killion fan.
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Over seventy views of Mt. Tam are presented in a combination of history, prints and poetry - a fine literary collaboration by the authors of THE HIGH SIERRA OF CALIFORNIA. It's rich in essays and art and offers any Northern California library or resident a 'must have' survey of Mt. Tamalpais' importance in California history in general and Marin County life in particular. A top-notch, outstanding survey.
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The author, along with poet Gary Snyder have put together the most beautiful collection of woodcuts and poetry/history of Marin county's Mt. Tam ever. You will be transported by this treasure.
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The woodcut and letterpress artist Killion has a Japanese touch to his artwork. The modest graphic style and the coloring remind one of Japanese woodcuts, as does the nature subject matter. Killion's prints though concern Mount Tamalpais north of San Francisco. It's a nature area popular with hikers and campers and also arousing spiritual feelings. Gary Snyder's poetry goes along with Killion's prints concerning the Mount Tamalpais notable throughout the region for physical and spiritual reasons. ... Read More
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Another inspired collaboration of great art and great poetry, with interesting history in the mix as well.
I have all of Professor Killion's art books (except 28 Views) and about a dozen of his prints collected over the past 25 years or so. They get more expensive all the time, so while I used to buy big ones, now I just buy little ones. :)
Highly recommended for anyone who admires this style of block printing, or is a fan of Gary Snyder and somehow doesn't know about Tom ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 769.92
EAN: 9781597140973
ISBN: 159714097X
Label: Heyday Books
Manufacturer: Heyday Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: May 01, 2009
Publisher: Heyday Books
Studio: Heyday Books