Shopping for Porcupine A Life in Arctic Alaska |
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Author:
| Kantner, Seth |
ISBN: | 978-1-57131-301-0 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
Publisher: | Milkweed Editions
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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His story begins with the arrival of his father, Howard Kantner, to the remote Arctic of the 1950s and ends with him as a grown man settled in the same landscape. Through a series of moving essays and vivid photographs, ranging in subject from family histories to hunting stories, celebrations of people and places to a lament over a majestic wilderness rapidly disappearing,
Shopping for Porcupine provides a compelling, intimate view of America’s last frontier the...
More DescriptionHis story begins with the arrival of his father, Howard Kantner, to the remote Arctic of the 1950s and ends with him as a grown man settled in the same landscape. Through a series of moving essays and vivid photographs, ranging in subject from family histories to hunting stories, celebrations of people and places to a lament over a majestic wilderness rapidly disappearing, Shopping for Porcupine provides a compelling, intimate view of America’s last frontier the same place that captivated so many readers of Ordinary Wolves.