About this title: In this vivid tour of Alaska's Inside Passage, a Seattle-based British writer describes the natural and cultural history of the area, his personal relationship to the sea, and the colorful acquaintances he met along his solo exploration by sailboat of the region. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679776147ISBN:0679776141
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st Vintage ed.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679776147ISBN:0679776141
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. back cover crease; few dogeared pages; still a perfectly fine reading copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 448 p. Vintage Departures. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780679442622ISBN:0679442626
Description: First Edition: First Printing: HardCover! 8vo., 435 pages. Illustrated intext with B&W maps! This book is unmarked and very good in a very good unmarked dust jacket. Now in a clear dust jacket protector, this is a very attractive copy of this title! ISBN: 0679442626. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780679776147ISBN:0679776141
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Book has been read w/ a few corners folded but straightened. Great reading copy, no markings. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 448 p. Vintage Departures. Audience: General/trade. read more
"There are three undercurrents in this book, one of which sapped my enjoyment of- and prevented my finishing -it.
i. Sailing adventure; the backbone to the story, interesting but insufficiently engaging to make the sailor read on. ii. Pioneer's exploration of the coast; engagingly presented and intriguingly detailed. iii. Native inhabitants and culture; onerous and labouring.
For me the book is summed up as an inspection of native North American cultural history."
"I read an abridged edition, a shortie that has some interesting information on Capt. Vancouver's voyaging around the inland passage, interspersed with some of the drivel of the author's personal life."
"The history and natural history of the coast between Seattle and Juneau, told through Raban's sailing trip north between the two. Raban was also going through significant changes at the time, which makes up another aspect of this memoir. Good sailing, interesting history, compelling personal story."
"An insightful travelogue/cultural history, with a personal story woven in. The great thing is, he establishes his own persona as this imperceptive clod who doesn't notice his marriage is falling apart, while giving us all the information necessary so that we know it, long before he, in character, does"
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