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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sherwonit, Bill, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.