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Stalking the Ice Dragon

Name: Stalking the Ice Dragon
Author: Susan Zwinger
ISBN: 9780816512027

by Susan Zwinger

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"Well-written, provocative, imaginative and perceptive, Susan Zwinger's book takes us to a contemporary Alaska and an intrapersonal landscape that I find worth the visit."--John Muir Newsletter

"Zwinger proves to be a sensitive, observant and often very gutsy stalker of the ice dragon of the north. The frontier may have shifted, but pioneer women live on."--Western American Literature

"Like the Alaskan terrain, Susan Zwinger's new book has a beautiful timeless quality that sometimes is nothing short of breathtaking."--The Chronicle-Journal (Canada)

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Library Journal

At a turning point in her life, Zwinger wanted to see a piece of the last remaining wilderness in the United States. Leaving from Seattle with three months of supplies in a small truck, she covered thousands of miles exploring the back-country roads and hamlets of Alaska. The highlights of her trip occur during random conversations with locals, an odd assortment of rebels, misfits, and loners who share a distrust/dislike of tourists, legislators, and environmentalists whom they perceive as a threat to their freedom and ways of life. Zwinger seems more comfortable conveying scientific facts than her gut reactions to the splendor of the region, and ironically often resorts to rambling tirades against big oil companies for destroying the Earth while she continues to drive her truck. Overall, however, this is an interesting account of the region. Recommended for environmental/regional collections rather than those of general travel works.-- Tim Markus, Evergreen State Coll. Lib., Olympia, Wash.

Booknews

A journal of Zwinger's 1987 three-month solo expedition through the Alaskan wilderness, combining her botanical and environmentalist observations with personal reflections. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)