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Nameless creatures: increasingly, Americans have forgotten the words for the wild ones

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A commentary is presented on the finding that the average American can identify fewer than 10 of the native animals and plants in his region. A emphasis on profit is divorcing people from the natural world.

Author: Holland, Barbara
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 2001
United States, Appreciation, Human beings, Humans, Nature

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Ungardening: dispatches from the battle of the brush

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There seems to be no end to the battle to prevent wild brush growth from trying to overtake wooded areas that border gardens. One woman describes her efforts to overcome her 'prickly, bloomless jungle.'

Author: Holland, Barbara
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 1993
Environmental aspects, Forests and forestry, Forests, Brush control

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Political pleasures

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The 2000 disputed national election is a standard script in rural politics, where tempers flare and rivalries are intense.

Author: Holland, Barbara
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Country Journal
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 0898-6355
Year: 2000
Political aspects, Politics, Rural life, Contested elections, Farm life

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