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A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries and Recluses
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Author
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Isabel Colegate.
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Publisher
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Counterpoint
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paperback
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8.25
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5.5
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0.9
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ISBN
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9781582435916
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284/2002
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Daedalus Item Code
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22047
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Description
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From Lao Tzu and the Desert Fathers to Wordsworth, Thoreau, and present-day hermits, Isabel Colegate explores the lives and works of those who've followed the call of solitude. The author of Winter Journey and The Shooting Party, Colegate comes to her material not as scholar, nor as a historian, but rather as a writer who herself has felt the pull of solitude. Her book is a witty, idiosyncratic essay that draws upon the lives and ways of the hermits and loners she has come to know, whether through their books, books about them, or visits to their haunts. Some are saints or heroes, others eccentrics and frauds, but all are unforgettable.
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