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Landscape & Environment, U.S. Travel Photography - West, Western United States - Travel Essays & Descriptions, Landscape, Nature & Wildlife Photography, Natural History - United States, Alaska - Travel, Travel Pictorials

Alaska

by Art Wolfe (Photographer), Nick Jans
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Overview

Alaska remains one location that is singularly arresting to the American imagination. Twenty exceptional writers share their stories of work, play, and life in what is often called the Last Frontier. Armchair travelers everywhere will find delight in this anthology of exuberant original essays that reveals Alaska as a place, an adventure, and a state of mind.

Synopsis

Art Wolfe's photographic tour of Alaska has become the standard volume of its class. These 150 images take the reader from the lush Southeast to the singular Denali Mountain and across the northern tundra. The tenth anniversary edition of Alaska features gorgeous landscape-format photography, with sections including "Mountain," "River and Lake," "Tundra," "Sea and Coast," "Forest," and "Island." With an international reputation as one of the most accomplished nature and wildlife photographers, Art Wolfe continues to expand his audience through his public television show Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe.

Journeys

"Wolfe does a superb job of capturing the intense colors writers can only allude to."

About the Author, Art Wolfe

Art Wolfe is the author of numerous books on nature and wildlife photography, including The Inside Passage to Alaska, Alaska Wild, and On Puget Sound. He lives in Seattle. Nick Jans, author of The Grizzly Maze, lives in Juneau, Alaska.

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Journeys

"Wolfe does a superb job of capturing the intense colors writers can only allude to."

Booknews

A beautiful collection of photographs that capture the immensity and vulnerability of the vast geographical region encompassed by the state of Alaska. Accompanying text by Alaskan writer Nick Jans is evocative and informative. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
April 1, 2010
Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Pages
160
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781570616440

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