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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100679776141

ISBN-139780679776147

eBay Product ID (ePID)1736230

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Book TitlePassage to Juneau : a Sea and Its Meanings

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicSpecial Interest / Adventure, Folklore & Mythology, Essays & Travelogues, American / General, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa)

IllustratorYes

FeaturesReprint

GenreLiterary Criticism, Travel, Social Science

AuthorJonathan Raban

Book SeriesVintage Departures Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight13.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." -- The Washington Post Book World "Endlessly suggestive. . . . Nobody now writing keeps a more provocative house than Jonathan Raban." -- The New York Times Book Review "A great book by the very best contempoary writer afloat." -- The Oregonian "Raban is a super-sensitive, all-seeing eye. He spots things we might otherwise miss; he calls up the apt metaphors that transform things into phenomena--. One of our most gifted observers."-- Newsday, "A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." --The Washington Post Book World "Endlessly suggestive. . . . Nobody now writing keeps a more provocative house than Jonathan Raban." --The New York Times Book Review "A great book by the very best contempoary writer afloat." --The Oregonian "Raban is a super-sensitive, all-seeing eye. He spots things we might otherwise miss; he calls up the apt metaphors that transform things into phenomena--. One of our most gifted observers."--Newsday

Dewey Decimal917.9/8/0451

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisWith 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., The bestselling, award-winning author of Bad Land takes us along the Inside Passage, 1,000 miles of often treacherous water, which he navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat, offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. "A work of great beauty and inexhaustible fervor." -- The Washington Post Book World 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. 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.

LC Classification NumberF902.3

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Mar 07, 2018
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