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    River Notes: The Dance of Herons
    River Notes: The Dance of Herons
    River Notes: The Dance of Herons
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    River Notes: The Dance of Herons

    By Barry Holstun Lopez

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    An acclaimed nature writer evokes and celebrates the forces, settings, rituals, movements, and imperatives of a river, as it calls us back to unity with the natural world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJun 25, 2013
    ISBN9781449451097
    River Notes: The Dance of Herons

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