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Place Beyond Finding Home in Arctic Alaska

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ISBN-10: 0882408070

ISBN-13: 9780882408071

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Nick Jans

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Nick Jans leads us into his “found” home --- the Eskimo village of Ambler, Alaska, and the vast wilderness around it. In his powerful essays, the rhythms of daily arctic life blend with high adventure --- camping among the wolves, traveling with Inupiat hunters, witnessing the Kobuk River at spring breakup.   The poignancy of a village funeral comes to life, hordes of mosquitoes whine against a tent, a grizzly stands etched against the snow --- just a sampling of the images and events rendered in Jan’s transparent, visual prose.  Moments of humor ar offset by haunting insights, and by thoughtful reflections on contemporary Inupiaq culture, makingA Place Beyonda book to read and enjoy.
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: West Margin Press
Publication date: 5/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.56" wide x 8.52" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

NICK JANS is an award-winning writer, photographer, and author of numerous books, including The Grizzly Maze . He is a contributing editor to Alaska Magazine and has written for  Rolling Stone , Backpacker , and the Christian Science Monitor .

Acknowledgments
Map
Preface
Grandpa's Ghost
Putyuq Always Get
Thin Water
Sometimes Always Never pg 33
Gearhead Heaven
One of Us
A State of Mind
The Only Game
Whistle for the Wind
The Killing Field
The Light Within
The Trouble with Wood
Mister Rue
Coming Home
Dollies
Beautiful Meat
Remembering What They Know
The Hardest Season pg- 121
Dumb Head
One Leaf
I Pick Your Name
Wolves Are Listening
Traveling with My Eyes
Permission
The Song of Ice
Fourteen Bucks
The Quiet Voices
This Place