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Changing paths : travels and meditations in Alaska's Arctic wilderness /

Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness is an autobiographical exploration of author Bill Sherwonit's relationship with the Alaska wilderness. Written in three parts, it first describes Sherwonit's introduction to the Brooks Range and his years as an expl...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sherwonit, Bill, 1950-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments; Part One; 1. Entering New Terrain; 2. The Question; 3. The Nunamiut; 4. A River to Cross; 5. Approaching God's-and Robert Marshall-Country; 6. Memories from a Geology Past; 7. A Life-Changing Discovery; Part Two; 8. Seeking the Roots of a Paradox; 9. A Sheltered Childhood; 10. Across the Divide and into the Valley of Precipices; 11. A Place of Refuge; 12. Passing Through Grizzly Country; 13. Days of Rocks and Minerals; 14. Meeting Bear, Crossing the North Fork; Part Three; 15. Gates of the Arctic; 16. From Geologist to Writer and Greenie.
  • 17. In the Shadow of Doonerak18. Wilderness Music; 19. Middle-Aged Discoveries; 20. The Journey Ends; 21. Joined in Community; Epilogue; Return to Gates; References and Suggested Reading.