A Republic of Rivers
Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Published:7th May '92
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This is the first comprehensive anthology of nature writing in Alaska and the Yukon. Ranging from 1741 to the present, it includes work by such major American writers as Jack London, Anne Dillard, and Edward Abbey, but the full beauty of this Arctic state is perhaps more dramatically captured in the writings of the explorers, missionaries, climbers, miners, scientists, fishermen, and Native Americans for whom its flora and fauna are a way of life.
By the end of the book you are convinced that no matter how grand the scenery, how spectacular the views, the people who explore, who climb Mount Denali, or live by themselves during the Alaskan winters and then write about it, are no less spectacular. * The Christian Science Monitor *
Here, for the first time, is a collection of writings about Alaska from diverse viewpoints and times....Murray's introduction provides a strong structure. * Booklist *
ISBN: 9780195076059
Dimensions: 230mm x 155mm x 24mm
Weight: 526g
368 pages