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Author : John Muir
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780547561677
This book describes Alaska in the late nineteenth century and Muir's early adventures in an untamed land of glaciers and northern lights.
Author : Frederick Whymper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Alaska
ISBN : PSU:000013910952
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Litres
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785041728137
Author : Edward Hoagland
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781611455038
“America's most intelligent and wide-ranging essayist-naturalist.”—Philip Roth
Author : Caroline Van Hemert
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316414432
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic to rediscover her love of birds, nature, and adventure. During graduate school, as she conducted experiments on the peculiarly misshapen beaks of chickadees, ornithologist Caroline Van Hemert began to feel stifled in the isolated, sterile environment of the lab. Worried that she was losing her passion for the scientific research she once loved, she was compelled to experience wildness again, to be guided by the sounds of birds and to follow the trails of animals. In March of 2012, she and her husband set off on a 4,000-mile wilderness journey from the Pacific rainforest to the Alaskan Arctic, traveling by rowboat, ski, foot, raft, and canoe. Together, they survived harrowing dangers while also experiencing incredible moments of joy and grace -- migrating birds silhouetted against the moon, the steamy breath of caribou, and the bond that comes from sharing such experiences. A unique blend of science, adventure, and personal narrative, The Sun is a Compass explores the bounds of the physical body and the tenuousness of life in the company of the creatures who make their homes in the wildest places left in North America. Inspiring and beautifully written, this love letter to nature is a lyrical testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Winner of the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Competition: Adventure Travel
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Alaska
ISBN : WISC:89095733028
Author : Robert Campbell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812201529
Before Alaska became a mining bonanza, it was a scenic bonanza, a place larger in the American imagination than in its actual borders. Prior to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, thousands of scenic adventurers journeyed along the Inside Passage, the nearly thousand-mile sea-lane that snakes up the Pacific coast from Puget Sound to Icy Strait. Both the famous—including wilderness advocate John Muir, landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographers Eadweard Muybridge and Edward Curtis—and the long forgotten—a gay ex-sailor, a former society reporter, an African explorer, and a neurasthenic Methodist minister—returned with fascinating accounts of their Alaskan journeys, becoming advance men and women for an expanding United States. In Darkest Alaska explores the popular images conjured by these travelers' tales, as well as their influence on the broader society. Drawing on lively firsthand accounts, archival photographs, maps, and other ephemera of the day, historian Robert Campbell chronicles how Gilded Age sightseers were inspired by Alaska's bounty of evolutionary treasures, tribal artifacts, geological riches, and novel thrills to produce a wealth of highly imaginative reportage about the territory. By portraying the territory as a "Last West" ripe for American conquest, tourists helped pave the way for settlement and exploitation.
Author : Kris Valencia
Publisher : Morris Communications Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 1892154218
Referred to by travellers as "the bible of North Country travel" since it was first published in 1949, The Milepost is an essential travel companion for anyone planning or taking a trip to Alaska, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, northern Alberta or northern British Columbia.Travellers will find detailed mile-by-mile road logs and maps of all northern routes, including the famous Alaska Highway. The Milepost is updated annually by experienced field editors, providing accurate and up-to-date information on attractions, activities, food, gas, lodging and camping. Details are provided for every city and town along the way.Travel by air, ferry, cruise ship, bus and rail is also covered. Every edition of The Milepost includes Alaska State Ferry and B.C. Ferries schedules, important information on crossing the border, a calendar of events, a pull-out Plan-a-Trip map, litre-to-gallon conversions and dozens of other travel tips.Special features highlight side-trip destinations, gold rush and highway history, and places to eat and things to do.With its wealth of detail, The Milepost is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the North, whether it is the trans-Alaska pipeline, bird watching, Native culture, or glaciers and wildlife viewing, to name just a few attractions. This classic travel guide is a must for every Northland traveller.
Author : John Muir
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368365103
Reproduction of the original.
Author : Frederica de Laguna
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295801056
This robust and engaging travel narrative re-creates a remarkable adventure in the summer of 1935, when Frederica de Laguna, then in her late 20s, led a party of three other scientists down the rivers of the middle and lower Yukon valley, making a geological and archaeological reconnaissance. De Laguna has based her story on her field notes, journals, and letters home. She augments this first-hand account with excerpts from the reports of earlier explorers and data published after her trip. The result is a fascinating and informative cross-cut of historical events along the Yukon River and its tributaries. Travels Among the Dena chronicles the expedition from its outfitting in Seattle and the trip by steamer and railway to Fairbanks and Nenana, through an 80-day journey on skiffs down the Tanana and Yukon rivers to Holy Cross near the coast, with side trips on the Koyukuk, Khotol, and Innoko rivers, before a one-day return flight to Fairbanks with pioneer bush pilot Noel Wien. Maps illustrate the route taken downriver, and the author’s photographs capture images of the time. The resulting volume is both a delightful addition to the literature of travel adventure in Alaska and an important contribution to the discipline of anthropology.
Author : Muir John
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1021167207
A gripping account of John Muir's travels through Alaska in the late 19th century, during which he explored glaciers, mountains, and wildlife, and championed the cause of wilderness preservation. Muir's writing is lyrical and passionate, expressing his deep love for the natural world and his conviction that humans must live in harmony with it. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Jon Krakauer
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307476869
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention. Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild. Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1937-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465538734
Author : John Muir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1658253485
EXPLORING ALASKA Travels in Alaska is a fascinating account of naturalist John Muir's explorations. He took three trips, one in 1879,1880, and 1890. This book describes all three excursions. DETAILS: Includes the Original Illustrations
Author : Erin Kirkland
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781602232211
Alaska is a wonderful place to visit with children. From coastal communities to far-northern tundra, exploring the forty-ninth state has never been more accessible, provided parents are equipped with the right tools. Author Erin Kirkland details how to explore nearly every corner of our nation s largest state. Enjoy insider advice for fabulous kid-friendly destinations and attractions, trip planning to maximize time and budget, and interesting facts about Alaska s unique landscape and people. An honest, four-season representation of Alaska, this book provides readers with a practical guide to indoor and outdoor experiences that teach, engage, and delight kids of all ages and stages. Fresh, witty, and fun to read," Alaska On the Go: Exploring the 49th State with Children" is the only family travel guide written by an Alaska-resident journalist who also happens to be the mom of two boys."