With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book awardwinning bad land, jonathan raban conducts readers along the inside passage from seattle to juneau. Passage to juneau by jonathan raban is reminiscent of bad land, rabans 1996 treatise on the settlement of the dakotas and the montana territory. When juneau s clan disappeared, she lost so much more than her friends and family. But it is a remarkable book for any reader in its original insights into the culture of the northwest indians. In malaspina strait, he writes, between texada island and the mainland, the sea was covered, shore to shore, by the glossy membrane of its surface film. Sailing up the inland passage, the protected waterway that serves as a great nautical freeway between puget sound and alaska, raban. A gorgeous southeastern alaska port city surrounded by deepgreen, forested mountains, juneau is considered by many to be americas most scenic state capital. He is the author of several works and has received the national book critics circle award, the heinemann award for literature, the thomas cook award, the pacific northwest booksellers award, the governors award of the state of washington, and the pen west creative nonfiction award, among others. Until the beginning brings this duology to a stunning and captivating conclusion. Instead, raban takes us on a journey of contemplation, literature, lore, mythology, and science.
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