The Resource Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape, Barry Lopez
Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape, Barry Lopez
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- Summary
- This book is an account of the history, ecology, and mystique of the arctic region. The author offers a thorough examination of this obscure world, its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, and is nothing less than an indelible classic of modern literature
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xxix, 464 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1986
- Contents
-
- Pond's Bay, Baffin Island
- Arktikos
- Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus
- Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus
- Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros
- Migration: the corridors of breath
- Ice and light
- The country of the mind
- The intent of monks
- A northern passage
- Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea
- Isbn
- 9780375727481
- Label
- Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape
- Title
- Arctic dreams
- Title remainder
- imagination and desire in a northern landscape
- Statement of responsibility
- Barry Lopez
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book is an account of the history, ecology, and mystique of the arctic region. The author offers a thorough examination of this obscure world, its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, and is nothing less than an indelible classic of modern literature
- Award
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- National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1986.
- Oregon Book Awards, Literary Nonfiction Award, 1987.
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Non-Fiction, 1986.
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- 200244
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lopez, Barry Holstun
- Dewey number
- 508.98
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1300L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Natural history
- Arctic regions
- Arctic regions
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- imagination and desire in a northern landscape
- Label
- Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape, Barry Lopez
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1986
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-448)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pond's Bay, Baffin Island -- Arktikos -- Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus -- Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus -- Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros -- Migration: the corridors of breath -- Ice and light -- The country of the mind -- The intent of monks -- A northern passage -- Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea
- Control code
- 775570
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xxix, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375727481
- Lccn
- 2001026078
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780375727481
- (OCoLC)48071476
- Label
- Arctic dreams : imagination and desire in a northern landscape, Barry Lopez
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1986
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-448)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pond's Bay, Baffin Island -- Arktikos -- Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus -- Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus -- Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros -- Migration: the corridors of breath -- Ice and light -- The country of the mind -- The intent of monks -- A northern passage -- Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea
- Control code
- 775570
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Vintage Books edition.
- Extent
- xxix, 464 pages
- Isbn
- 9780375727481
- Lccn
- 2001026078
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780375727481
- (OCoLC)48071476
Subject
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- trueArctic regions -- Exploration
- trueBeauty in nature
- trueNatural history -- Arctic regions
- trueArctic peoples
- trueArctic regions -- Description and travel
- trueArctic regions -- Discovery and exploration
Included in
- trueOregon Book Awards: Literary Nonfiction
- trueNational Book Critics Circle Award: General Nonfiction
- trueNational Book Awards: Nonfiction
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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