Caribou Crossing
Published on 16. August 2001
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-0-944197-70-7 (ISBN)
Description
In Kim Heacox's suspenseful debut novel, Shannon DeShay, a young woman from Alaska discovers a militant plot to destroy an environmental movement and must risk everything to save a wildlife refuge and the man she loves. At the nexus is a real issue: attempts by the petroleum industry-and most of Alaska's political and business leaders-to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. From Anchorage and Alaska's North Slope to Washington D.C. and the halls of Congress, this is a compelling story of intrigue, landscape, and love.
Reviews / Votes
"A novel doesn't get much closer to the headlines than this one-or much closer to the truth about what counts in this economy. Kim Heacox provides a great read - and a great service - in this fine book." -Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and Maybe One "This book is superb in many ways, refreshingly original, well-plotted, with interesting characters who are richly imagined. Caribou Crossing is our new Monkey Wrench Gang and Kim Heacox our northern Edward Abbey."-Jonathan Waterman, author of Arctic Crossing and In the Shadow of DenaliMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Reno
United States
Product notice
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 161 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-944197-70-7 (9780944197707)
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Person
Kim Heacox is the award-winning author of several nonfiction books and the novel Caribou Crossing. His feature articles have appeared in Audobon, Travel & Leisure, Wilderness, Islands, Orion, and National Geographic Traveler. His editorials, written for the Los Angeles Times, have appeared in many major newspapers across the United States. When not playing the guitar, doing simple carpentry, or writing another novel, he's sea kayaking with his wife, Melanie, or watching a winter wren on the woodpile.