
Swallowed by the Great Land
And Other Dispatches from Alaska's Frontier
Seth Kantner(Author)
MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS (Publisher)
Published on 5. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-59485-968-7 (ISBN)
Description
Compelling Alaska stories from Seth Kantner, bestselling author of Ordinary Wolves
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59485-968-7 (9781594859687)
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Seth Kantner was born and raised in northern Alaska and has worked as a trapper, wilderness guide, wildlife photographer, gardening teacher, and adjunct professor. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Outside, Orion, and Smithsonian. Kantner is the author of the award-winning novel Ordinary Wolves, memoir Shopping for Porcupine, and collection of essays Swallowed by the Great Land: And Other Dispatches from Alaska's Frontier. He has been a commercial fisherman in Kotzebue Sound for more than four decades and lives in the Northwest Arctic.