{"product_id":"because-it-is-so-beautiful-unraveling-the-mystique-of-the-american-west-paperback","title":"Because It Is So Beautiful: Unraveling the Mystique of the American West - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Leonard Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, every inch of the globe has been seen, mapped, photographed, and measured, but is it known? Robert Leonard Reid doesn't think so. To draw a circle and calculate its diameter is not to know the circle. In this collection, Reid distinguishes himself from many science-based nature writers, using the natural world as a springboard for speculations and musings on the numinous and the sacred, injustice, homelessness, the treatment of Native Peoples in the United States, and what pushes mountaineers to climb. Ranging in their settings from eastern New Mexico to northern Alaska, Reid's essays illustrate his belief that the American West is worth celebrating and caring for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking its title from an affecting speech given by renowned author Barry Lopez, \u003ci\u003eBecause It Is So Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e is a response to desperate questions surrounding America's wildlands. Lopez's words resonated with the young mountaineer-musician-mathematician Robert Leonard Reid, who was struggling to understand his relationship to the world, to find his vision as a writer. What he learned on that long-ago evening is knit throughout the nineteen pieces in the collection, which include essays from Reid's previous books \u003ci\u003eArctic Circle, Mountains of the Great Blue Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerica, New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e; three essays that appear here in print for the first time; as well as revised and expanded versions of essays that appeared in \u003ci\u003eTouchstone, The Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eMountains of the Great Blue Dream, Arctic Circle: Birth and Rebirth in the Land of the Caribou\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerica, New Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRobert Leonard Reid\u003c\/b\u003e has received grants from the Sierra Arts Foundation and the Nevada Arts Council. He has worked as a songwriter, a cabaret pianist, and a mathematics textbook writer. He lives in Carson City, Nevada, with his wife, Carol Dimmick Reid. They have a son, Jake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702242242867,"sku":"9781640090491","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/CRFT-tgCxE9781640090491.webp?v=1763297793","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/because-it-is-so-beautiful-unraveling-the-mystique-of-the-american-west-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}