Coming into the Country Coming into the Country

Coming into the Country

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Publisher Description

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.

Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an organic whole. In the course of this volume we are made acquainted with the lore and techniques of placer mining, the habits and legends of the barren-ground grizzly, the outlook of a young Athapaskan chief, and tales of the fortitude of settlers—ordinary people compelled by extraordinary dreams. Coming into the Country unites a vast region of America with one of America's notable literary craftsmen, singularly qualified to do justice to the scale and grandeur of the design.

GENRE
Travel & Adventure
RELEASED
2011
April 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
438
Pages
PUBLISHER
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

Cbawcd ,

A good introduction

"Coming into the Country" was the first McPhee book I read, and it is a good introduction to his style.

2590 Jack ,

John McPhee- coming into the Country.

I love John McPhee and have read many of his books, including on-line books purchased through Apple that I read on my phone.

This particular title is un-
readable because as soon as you stop reading it reverts to the first page. One is constantly scrolling forward to attempt to find the page last read. It is a failure of the Apple technology.

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