These stories carry the reader to an Alaska that lies at the end of homestead trails and fishing docks, people with gimpy fishermen, cannery workers up from California, and Mum and Dad 'slugging it out on the rockpile.' It's country that's both real and illusory, steeped in violence and forgiveness, mythic in its proportions. Mitchell has keen eye for natural details and an imagination that turns the dust of dirt roads and the fog of early mornings into magic curtains; you can never be sure what you'll find on the other side. It Alaska stands as a frontier dividing the commonplace from the dreamed-of and shadowy, Mitchell is the explorer who leads us across the border. It's a trip well worth taking with him.
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Vendeur : Bookmans, Tucson, AZ, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Acceptable. Some wear Satisfaction 100% guaranteed. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0001712852
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Vendeur : Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, Etats-Unis
Etat : FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The author's second book - a collection of stories "from an Alaska that lies at the end of the homestead trails and fishing docks, peopled with gimpy fisherman, cannery workers up from California and Mom and Dad slogging it out on the rock pile." (Nancy Lord) An association copy INSCRIBED by the author opposite the title page "to Winnifred, we have enjoyed your paintings in our house so much" and dated in the year of publication. British-born painter Winnifred Hudson (1905-1996) grew up in Canada, but fell in love with Hawaii and lived there from 1934 until she was 90; the author was also living in Hawaii when this was published. 113 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. N° de réf. du vendeur 92369
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