Republic of Rivers [[electronic resource] ] : Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon |
Autore | Murray John A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cary, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.798 |
Soggetto topico | Natural history |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-972876-3
1-280-52626-2 9786610526260 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: 1741-1866: Russian America and the Age of Exploration""; ""1. The Sea Cow""; ""2. The Bering Straits""; ""3. Observations on Unalaska""; ""4. Prince William Sound""; ""5. Arrival at the Arctic Coast""; ""6. St. Lawrence Island""; ""7. The Bering Straits""; ""8. The Pribilof Islands""; ""9. Notes on the Copper River""; ""10. Notes on the Islands of the Unalaska District""; ""11. Nulato, a Settlement on the Yukon""; ""12. Letter to Sir John Richardson""; ""Part II: 1867-1958: Territorial Alaska and the Age of Exploitation""
""13. The Rapids of the Yukon""""14. The Pribilof Islands""; ""15. The Alexander Archipelago""; ""16. On Crossing the Alaska Range""; ""17. The Grand Canon of the Yukon""; ""18. The Gustavus Peninsula""; ""19. The Dominant Primordial Beast""; ""20. Gold Prospectors of the Susitna Valley""; ""21. Taku Inlet""; ""22. On the Sheep Ranges""; ""23. The Barren Grounds Grizzly Bear""; ""24. Koyukon Riddles""; ""25. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley)""; ""26. The Kuskokwim River""; ""27. Eskimo Poems""; ""28. The North Fork of the Koyukuk""; ""29. The Wolves of Mount McKinley"" ""Part III: 1959-1989: Alaskan Statehood and the Age of Environmentalism""""30. Other Days""; ""31. The Old Crow""; ""32. Glacier Bay Journal""; ""33. Sheenjek""; ""34. One Man's Wilderness""; ""35. The Alaskan Journal""; ""36. On Building a Raft""; ""37. Here I Am Yet!""; ""38. Lake Dwarves and Giant Rat""; ""39. An Expedition to the Pole""; ""40. The Subsistence Cycle""; ""41. Gather at the River""; ""42. Yukon-Charley: The Shape of Wilderness""; ""43. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska: A Suite""; ""44. This Tangled Brilliance""; ""45. Haida Hunters and Legend of the Two Fin Killer Whale"" ""46. Two Great Polar Bear Hunters""""47. The Cormorant Hunters""; ""48. Ragged Ear of Sable Pass""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454253303321 |
Murray John A | ||
Cary, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Republic of Rivers [[electronic resource] ] : Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Alaska and the Yukon |
Autore | Murray John A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cary, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (362 p.) |
Disciplina | 508.798 |
Soggetto topico | Natural history |
ISBN |
0-19-972876-3
1-280-52626-2 9786610526260 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: 1741-1866: Russian America and the Age of Exploration""; ""1. The Sea Cow""; ""2. The Bering Straits""; ""3. Observations on Unalaska""; ""4. Prince William Sound""; ""5. Arrival at the Arctic Coast""; ""6. St. Lawrence Island""; ""7. The Bering Straits""; ""8. The Pribilof Islands""; ""9. Notes on the Copper River""; ""10. Notes on the Islands of the Unalaska District""; ""11. Nulato, a Settlement on the Yukon""; ""12. Letter to Sir John Richardson""; ""Part II: 1867-1958: Territorial Alaska and the Age of Exploitation""
""13. The Rapids of the Yukon""""14. The Pribilof Islands""; ""15. The Alexander Archipelago""; ""16. On Crossing the Alaska Range""; ""17. The Grand Canon of the Yukon""; ""18. The Gustavus Peninsula""; ""19. The Dominant Primordial Beast""; ""20. Gold Prospectors of the Susitna Valley""; ""21. Taku Inlet""; ""22. On the Sheep Ranges""; ""23. The Barren Grounds Grizzly Bear""; ""24. Koyukon Riddles""; ""25. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley)""; ""26. The Kuskokwim River""; ""27. Eskimo Poems""; ""28. The North Fork of the Koyukuk""; ""29. The Wolves of Mount McKinley"" ""Part III: 1959-1989: Alaskan Statehood and the Age of Environmentalism""""30. Other Days""; ""31. The Old Crow""; ""32. Glacier Bay Journal""; ""33. Sheenjek""; ""34. One Man's Wilderness""; ""35. The Alaskan Journal""; ""36. On Building a Raft""; ""37. Here I Am Yet!""; ""38. Lake Dwarves and Giant Rat""; ""39. An Expedition to the Pole""; ""40. The Subsistence Cycle""; ""41. Gather at the River""; ""42. Yukon-Charley: The Shape of Wilderness""; ""43. Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska: A Suite""; ""44. This Tangled Brilliance""; ""45. Haida Hunters and Legend of the Two Fin Killer Whale"" ""46. Two Great Polar Bear Hunters""""47. The Cormorant Hunters""; ""48. Ragged Ear of Sable Pass""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782078603321 |
Murray John A | ||
Cary, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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