The secret language of snow / by Terry Tempest Williams and Ted Major ; illustrations by Jennifer Dewey.
1984
QC929.S7 W53 1984 (Mapit)
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Title
The secret language of snow / by Terry Tempest Williams and Ted Major ; illustrations by Jennifer Dewey.
Author
Williams, Terry Tempest.
ISBN
039486574X
0394965744 (lib. bdg.)
0394965744 (lib. bdg.)
Publication Details
San Francisco : Sierra Club/Pantheon Books, c1984.
Language
English
Description
129 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
QC929.S7 W53 1984
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.57
Summary
Examines over a dozen different types of snow and snowy conditions through the vocabulary of the Inuit people of Alaska. Discusses the physical properties and formation of the snow and how it affects the plants, animals, and people of the Arctic.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Bibliography: p. 125-126.
Added Author
Major, Ted.
Dewey, Jennifer. ill.
Dewey, Jennifer. ill.
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