Passage To Juneau (Paperback, New edition)

The author voyages in his own small boat northward from Seattle along the wild, romantic and dangerous coast of British Columbia to Alaska. To reach the remote communities of this coast the sea is the only highway and so he followed in the wake of such early explorers as the unimaginative and eccentric Captain Vancouver RN, who charted the coast diligently, but failed to understand anything of the Indian gods who resided in the sea, giving life and taking it away with indifference. All memories of these ancient certainties were swept away by the missionaries and adventurers that soon followed. In attempting to disentangle and find direction in the chaos of cultures that resulted, Raban is ever aware that he and all the people that he encounters are part of the maelstrom. An absorbing book. (Kirkus UK)

The Inside Passage to Alaska, with its outer fringes and entailments, is a very complicated sea-route. Parts of it are open ocean, parts of it no wider than a modest river, and it has been in continuous use for several thousand years. Its aboriginal past - still tantalizingly close to hand - puts the inside passaged on terms of close kinship with the ancient sea of the Phoenicians and the Greeks. This book is much more than a book about a sea voyage; it is about Jonathan Raban's journey home to his father who is dying; about his crumbling relationship with his wife and also about the historical journey of the maddening Vancouver in his search for the North West Passage.

General

Imprint:	Picador
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2000
First published:	2000
Authors:	Jonathan Raban
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	435
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-330-34629-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Professional & Technical > Transport technology > Shipbuilding technology & engineering > Navigation & seamanship Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-330-34629-6
Barcode:	9780330346290

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