| Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings Contributor(s): Raban, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679776141 ISBN-13: 9780679776147 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Sports & Recreation | Sailing - Travel | United States - West - Pacific (ak, Ca, Hi, Or, Wa) |
| Dewey: 917.982 |
| LCCN: 99028777 |
| Series: Vintage Departures |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.65 lbs) 464 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Alaska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. |