Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings

Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its MeaningsWith the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult and often treacherous water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35 foot sailboat. But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the

With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat.

But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/07/2000
ISBN: 9780679776147
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.10d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 80
Entertainment Weekly 12/15/2000 pg. 71
New York Times 12/03/2000 pg. 109