Crossing Open Ground

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: Barry Lopez

National Book Award winner Barry Lopez treks through the American Southwest and Alaska, discovering new meanings in both the world of nature - geese flying, wolf tracks - and the world of humans - artifacts of lost cultures. The land and humans, he believes, share a strong spiritual bond that echoes and impacts the universe's great rhythm of life.

Elegantly told against a haunting melodic backdrop, Crossing Open Ground's brilliant descriptions will sweep you into a new perspective - the land both gives us strength and molds our souls. Perceptive and poetic, these essays chart a course vital to our sense of place, to our well-being and to our survival.

©1994 Barry Holstun Lopez (P)1994, 2000 HighBridge Company

Critic reviews

"He makes the reader at home with himself and the world." (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Barry Lopez is the best nature writer of our decade, repeatedly reminding us of the ages-old ties between the wild places and humanity." (Sacremento Bee)

Poetry or prose or both.

Haunting insights, memorable language touching many aspects of life, especially the natural world and our place in it.

WONDERFUL

Again I finished a book by Barry Lopez and narrated by him.
His books are absolutely unmatched.
This one narrated by himself, interspersed with Native American flute music, which in itself is so beautiful and such an art.
I have a flute myself and love to play, although not near as good as I wish.
Needless to say that I HIGHLY recommend listening.

My thanks to all involved for making this book available, JK.

Wonderful essays by a modern Sage

Fantastic in every way. The thoughtfulness and depth of Barry Lopez has never been needed more.

Tears and Hope, Grief and Awe.

This beautiful, powerful work deeply touches the full spectrum of human emotion as we consider our past, present, and future place and part in the natural world. Lopez is a master of the highest order.