Description
With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss.
Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/07/2000
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780679776147
ISBN10: 0679776141
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Sailing
- Travel | United States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/07/2000
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780679776147
ISBN10: 0679776141
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Sports & Recreation | Water Sports | Sailing
- Travel | United States | West | Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
About the Author
Jonathan Raban lives in Seattle, Washington.