Coming into the Country - Couverture rigide

McPhee, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374126453 ISBN 13 : 9780374126452

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1977

Synopsis

McPhee, John. Coming into the Country. First Edition. New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Octavo. 438 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Coming into the Country is a 1976 book by John McPhee about Alaska and McPhee's travels through much of the state with bush pilots, prospectors, and settlers, as well as politicians and businesspeople who each interpret the state in different ways. One of his most widely read books, Coming into the Country is divided into three sections, At the Northern Tree Line: The Encircled River, In Urban Alaska: What They Were Hunting For, and In the Bush: Coming into the Country. Like all of McPhee's books, Coming into the Country started out as an outline that he proceeded to fill in. It is McPhee's best selling book. After the publication of Coming into the Country, The New York Times called McPhee the most versatile journalist in America. (Wikipedia)

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

'Both a memorial for, and testimony to, the awesome complexity of America's "ultimate wilderness".' - Robert Macfarlane

In this unforgettable and astutely observed travel account, Pulitzer Prize-winner John McPhee journeys into the wild frontiers and frigid climate of Alaska exploring the diverse terrain of this Northern US state. Travelling by foot and canoe, helicopter and dog team, McPhee traverses total wilderness, urban landscape, and the depths of the bush, drawing a rich and comprehensive history of this vast land and its varied inhabitants.

With his keen eye and poetic sensibility at the helm, we paddle with McPhee through the salmon-filled waters of the Brooks Range Rivers, meet a young chief of the Athapaskan tribe, and become well-acquainted with the habits of the barren-ground grizzly bear. We encounter settlers along the way and discover the extraordinary dreams that impel them to survive in one of the most remote regions on Earth.

McPhee is an endlessly curious adventurer and Coming into the Country is the work of a master storyteller.

Biographie de l'auteur

John McPhee has published more than thirty books and much of his work first appeared in the pages of the New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1963. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, winning in 1999 for Annals of the Former World. McPhee teaches non-fiction writing at Princeton University.

Robert Macfarlane won the Guardian First Book Award, the Somerset Maugham Award, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award for Mountains of the Mind. He is also the author of The Wild Places, The Old Ways, and most recently, Landmarks.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0374126453
• ISBN 13: 9780374126452
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1