The wake of the unseen object - Tom Kizzia
travels through Alaska's native landscapes
KORTE INHOUD
"In the course of a two-year odyssey . . . Kizzia visited numerous native settlements, interviewed leaders and followers, and wrote the feature articles that make up this charming, informative book. . . . Kizzia writes a clear, unobtrusive prose that crystallizes in memorable images."--Washington Post. "A boatful of native Alaskans slapping downriver through the chop on their way to the biggest softball game of the season. A hunter singing the old songs for hunting luck, as he snowmobiles onto the ice with his rifle. Such contrasts--Eskimo and outsider, ancient and modern--run through Tom Kizzia's chronicle of travels in the Alaska bush in search of 'ancestral landscapes.'"--Smithsonian. "Kizzia writes with a quiet compassion that brings the people and their hard land clearly into focus."--Boston Globe. "Kizzia . . . is a thoughtful and lyrical writer who manages to be sensitive without veering into sentimentality. . . . [He] joined Eskimos and Athabaskan Indians in steambaths and softball games. He visited t...
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1998Uitgever: University of Nebraska Press275 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0803277881ISBN-13: 9780803277885Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, in goede staat. Engelstalig. Text in English.; 1998; Reprint; University of Nebraska Press; 277 pagina's; Titel: The Wake of the Unseen Object. Travels Through Alaska`s Native Landscapes; Ref: 227923 / H24P735B
