One Long Summer Day In Alaska: A Documentation Of Perspectives In The Wrangell Mountains
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the vast, untamed wilderness of Alaska's Wrangell Mountains, where summer days stretch into an endless golden twilight, One Long Summer Day In Alaska chronicles a remarkable journey through one of North America's most remote and breathtaking landscapes. Donald C. Defenderfer and Robert B. Walkinshaw present a multifaceted documentation of perspectives — human, ecological, and geographical — gathered from the rugged terrain of the Wrangell range, weaving together firsthand accounts and field observations into a rich tapestry of place and experience. Illustrated by Cheryl Pfeiffer, the work captures not only the physical grandeur of the Alaskan wilderness but also the cultural and environmental narratives embedded within it, making it as much a visual record as a written one. Published as Publication No. 8 of the University of California, Santa Cruz's Environmental Field Program, this volume stands as a testament to the power of place-based, experiential scholarship. Defenderfer and Walkinshaw write with the precision of field researchers and the sensitivity of naturalists, grounding broad environmental themes in vivid, on-the-ground detail. Their work raises enduring questions about humanity's relationship with wilderness, the fragility of remote ecosystems, and what it truly means to bear witness to a landscape that exists largely beyond the reach of the modern world — leaving the reader wondering what secrets the Wrangell Mountains still hold.
Author: Donald C. Defenderfer And Robert B. Walkinshaw
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Environmental Field Program, University of California, Santa Cruz
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the vast, untamed wilderness of Alaska's Wrangell Mountains, where summer days stretch into an endless golden twilight, One Long Summer Day In Alaska chronicles a remarkable journey through one of North America's most remote and breathtaking landscapes. Donald C. Defenderfer and Robert B. Walkinshaw present a multifaceted documentation of perspectives — human, ecological, and geographical — gathered from the rugged terrain of the Wrangell range, weaving together firsthand accounts and field observations into a rich tapestry of place and experience. Illustrated by Cheryl Pfeiffer, the work captures not only the physical grandeur of the Alaskan wilderness but also the cultural and environmental narratives embedded within it, making it as much a visual record as a written one. Published as Publication No. 8 of the University of California, Santa Cruz's Environmental Field Program, this volume stands as a testament to the power of place-based, experiential scholarship. Defenderfer and Walkinshaw write with the precision of field researchers and the sensitivity of naturalists, grounding broad environmental themes in vivid, on-the-ground detail. Their work raises enduring questions about humanity's relationship with wilderness, the fragility of remote ecosystems, and what it truly means to bear witness to a landscape that exists largely beyond the reach of the modern world — leaving the reader wondering what secrets the Wrangell Mountains still hold.