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Coming Into the Country
John McPhee, PaperbackOriginal price was: $21.00.$17.85Current price is: $17.85.
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Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.
Readers of McPhee’s earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an organic whole. In the course of this volume we are made acquainted with the lore and techniques of placer mining, the habits and legends of the barren-ground grizzly, the outlook of a young Athapaskan chief, and tales of the fortitude of settlers–ordinary people compelled by extraordinary dreams. Coming into the Country unites a vast region of America with one of America’s notable literary craftsmen, singularly qualified to do justice to the scale and grandeur of the design.Description
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: John McPhee
Published: 04/01/1991
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374522872
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.20d
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Weight | 1 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.2 × 5.6 × 1.2 in |
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