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The Language of Landscape
In the first of a new series looking at terms of the American landscape, we hear about the word “cascade.”
Living on Earth launches a new series exploring features of the American landscape. The series is based on the new book Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape, edited by Barry Lopez and Debra Gwartney. In this first installment, Oregon writer John Daniel muses on the word “cascade.”