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Gaining daylight [[electronic resource] ] : life on two islands / / Sara Loewen



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Autore: Loewen Sara Visualizza persona
Titolo: Gaining daylight [[electronic resource] ] : life on two islands / / Sara Loewen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
Disciplina: 814.6
Soggetto topico: American literature
Soggetto geografico: Alaska Social life and customs
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137).
Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
Sommario/riassunto: For 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
Titolo autorizzato: Gaining daylight  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60223-199-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452990103321
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Serie: University of Alaska Press - The Alaska Literary Series