ARCTIC DREAMS.

Lopez, Barry.

ISBN 10: 0333422449 / ISBN 13: 9780333422441

Published by SCRIBNERS., NY, 1986

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First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Hint of foxing at edges. ) (LRC). Seller Inventory # 27437

Bibliographic Details

Title: ARCTIC DREAMS.

Publisher: SCRIBNERS., NY

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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Synopsis:

464 Pages...Copyright Line reads 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 F/C 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

Review:

Based on 15 extended trips to the Canadian far north over a five-year period, Arctic Dreams celebrates the mysteries of what documentarians fondly call "last frontiers." Such places are everywhere in danger of destruction in the interest of ever-elusive economic progress, but Lopez writes no jeremiads. Instead, he aims to foster a kind of learned understanding of wild places, in this case the vast, scarcely knowable northern landscape. Writing of the natural history of the Arctic and its inhabitants--narwhals, polar bears, beluga whales, musk oxen, and caribou among them--Lopez draws powerful lessons from the land and imparts them assuredly and gracefully. Arctic Dreams deservedly won a National Book Award in 1986 when it was first published.