LEADER 02516nam 2200517Ia 450 001 9910452990103321 005 20170822111307.0 010 $a1-60223-199-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001042381 035 $a(EBL)1820954 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000858156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12437970 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000858156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10868391 035 $a(PQKB)11409550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1820954 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001042381 100 $a20120905d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGaining daylight$b[electronic resource] $elife on two islands /$fSara Loewen 210 $aFairbanks $cUniversity of Alaska Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (153 p.) 225 0 $aAlaska literary series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60223-198-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 129-137). 327 $aContents; Preface; Giant Wings; December; Woman Overboard; To Know a Place; Capacious; Unsinkable; The Wait; Hunger & Thirst; Homing; A Lake By Any Other Name; Elementary Love; Pacific Sandwiches; Winter in June; Hometown Ode; Sea Chains Broken; Fifteen Times over the Bridge; Red Caviar; The Simple Life; The Outlaws of Amook Island; Cardinal Points; Acknowledgments; Sources; Notes & Photo Credits 330 $aFor many the idea of living off the land is a romantic notion left to stories of olden days or wistful dreams at the office. But for Sara Loewen it becomes her way of life each summer as her family settles into their remote cabin on Uyak Bay for the height of salmon season. With this connection to thousands of years of fishing and gathering at its core, Gaining Daylight explores what it means to balance lives on two islands, living within both an ancient way of life and the modern world. Her personal essays integrate natural and island history with her experiences of fishing and family life, a 410 0$aUniversity of Alaska Press - The Alaska Literary Series 606 $aAmerican literature 607 $aAlaska$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican literature. 676 $a814.6 700 $aLoewen$b Sara$0866450 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452990103321 996 $aGaining daylight$91933937 997 $aUNINA