Hempton, Gordon. <br/><br/>
One square inch of silence :  one man's search for natural silence in a noisy world / 
Gordon Hempton and John Grossmann. 
 - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Free Press,  2009. 
 - vii, 356 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. +  1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Silent thunder -- The quiet path -- Hitting the road -- Urban wilderness -- Endangered quiet beauty -- The earth exposed -- The rocky road to quietude -- Nature's symphony in decline -- Toxic noise -- Seeking Muir's music -- Hundred-mile walk to Washington -- Washington, D.C. 
<br/><br/> Recounts Gordon Hempton's road trip across the U.S., from west to east, recording natural sounds of the landscape, from bugling elk to endangered prairie chickens, with a CD of his recordings and photographs from the journey that preceeded his case for natural silence preservation in Washington, D.C. 
<br/><br/> Adult  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416559085 (trade) 1416559086 (trade) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008036949 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hempton, Gordon--Anecdotes.<br/>Hempton, Gordon--Anecdotes.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ecologists--United States--Anecdotes.<br/>Nature sounds--Recording and reproducing.<br/>Ecologists--Anecdotes.<br/>Nature sounds.<br/>CD-ROMs.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>CD-ROMs.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH31.H358  / A3 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>333.78/216/0973