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Bezig met laden... Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontierdoor Mark Adams
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Adams builds his Alaska travels and this book around the historical trip of Harrimans expedition, and it works. He’s got just the right mix of history, personal anecdotes and honest outtakes to keep you going. ( ) I bought this book because I expected an entertaining and informative read from Mark Adams. It was everything I anticipated. Interesting history and a great cast of characters, both those a century before today and those who he met during his own trip to Alaska. I learned a lot about the history of Alaska from both an environmental view and a political standpoint than I expected. The current human cost of the US purchase of the state and separately, the environment changes wrought by climate change were new to me. The single map did not include locations for many of the important locations in the book. You need a good Alaska map at the ready to make sense of some chapters. A really great and fun read about Alaska, the Harriman expedition, the trials and tribulations of Alaskan indigenous peoples, climate change, great American explorers, the great majesty of Alaska, and so much more. It certainly has increased my interest in visiting the great last American frontier before I die. Reading about Alaska in the company of Mark Adams provides an abundance of history and humor, rolled into a delightful reading experience for basically a travel book. His ability to talk with all kinds of people and experience the things that he went through made for a fascinating story. No, it doesn't make me want to GO to Alaska but I do believe him about the wonders of the scenery---but I'll stick to pictures. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:**The National Bestseller** From the acclaimed, bestselling author of Turn Right at Machu Picchu, a fascinating, wild, and wonder-filled journey into Alaska, America's last frontier In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university," populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet John Muir. Those aboard encountered a land of immeasurable beauty and impending environmental calamity. More than a hundred years later, Alaska is still America's most sublime wilderness, both the lure that draws one million tourists annually on Inside Passage cruises and as a natural resources larder waiting to be raided. As ever, it remains a magnet for weirdos and dreamers. Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Traveling town to town by water, Adams ventures three thousand miles north through Wrangell, Juneau, and Glacier Bay, then continues west into the colder and stranger regions of the Aleutians and the Arctic Circle. Along the way, he encounters dozens of unusual characters (and a couple of very hungry bears) and investigates how lessons learned in 1899 might relate to Alaska's current struggles in adapting to the pressures of a changing climate and world. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)917.9804History and Geography Geography and Travel Geography of and travel in North America West Coast U.S. AlaskaLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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