Seven Words for Wind: Essays and Field Notes from Alaska's Pribilof Islands
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Book Overview
Far off the coast of mainland Alaska lie the remote Pribilof Islands--a fiercely isolated wilderness surrounded by a wild, rich sea. The largest island, St. Paul, is just fourteen miles long and eight... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0945397356
ISBN13:9780945397359
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:University of Alaska Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 7.8" x 5.3"
Customer Reviews
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Outstanding and necessary reading for natural historians
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is a great book about a people who have been overlooked by modern society, CC is an exceptional writer who applies her passion and experience as a world traveller.
A first-hand account of life in the subarctic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
St. Paul island, one of the remote Pribilof Islands far off the coast of mainland Alaska, is just 14 miles long and eight miles wide. For over a decade, the author worked, lived on, and came to love this place, its fierce weather, its wildlife, and its people. Her spare, imagistic prose illuminates the darkness and beauty of the subarctic landscape.
-an excellent, poetic, moving description of Pribilof life.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
Alaska's Pribilof Islands are incredibly beautiful and surreal. Seven Words for the Wind captures a piece of that beauty through a series of essays and field notes. Having lived in the Pribilofs for four years I was most impressed by the thoughtful nature of this book as well as the insights provided by the author. I would highly suggest this book for anyone intending to visit the islands, see the seal or bird rookeries or just interested in learning about a different culture.
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