Coming into the Country (eBook, ePUB)
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Partner: | buecher.de |
Hersteller: | Daunt Books (McPhee, John; Macfarlane, Robert) |
Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |


Produktbeschreibung
´John McPhee is celebrated in America and all but unknown in this country. The volume I love most is Coming into the Country, an account of Alaska and the Alaskans. His genius is that he can write about anything.´ – Robert Macfarlane In this unforgettable and astutely observed travel account, Pulitzer Prize-winner John McPhee plunges into the wild frontiers and frigid climate of Alaska – ex¬ploring the varied regions and people of this Northern U.S. state. Travelling by foot and canoe, McPhee journeys from urban landscape to the remote Alaskan bush, drawing a rich and comprehensive history of a vast land and its inhabitants. With his keen eye and poetic sensibility leading the way, we paddle with McPhee through the salmon-filled waters of the Brooks Range Rivers, meet a young chief of the Athapaskan tribe, and become well-acquainted with the habits of the barren-ground grizzly bear. We encounter settlers along the way and discover the...
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