The Yukon River

Author : Adam Weymouth
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141983790
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings of the Yukon written by Adam Weymouth and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Yukon River is 2,000 miles long and the longest stretch of free-flowing river in the United States. In this riveting examination of one of the last wild places on earth, Adam Weymouth canoes from Canada's Yukon Territory, through Alaska, to the Bering Sea. The result is a book that shows how even the most remote wilderness is affected by the same forces reshaping the rest of the planet. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of king salmon migrate the distance of the Yukon to their spawning grounds, where they breed and die, in what is the longest salmon run in the world. For the people who live along the river, salmon were once the lifeblood of commerce and local culture. But climate change and globalized economy have fundamentally altered the balance between people and nature; the health and numbers of king salmon are in question, as is the fate of the communities that depend on them. Traveling down the Yukon as the salmon migrate, a four-month journey through untrammeled landscape, Weymouth traces the fundamental interconnectedness of people and fish through searing and unforgettable portraits of the individuals he encounters. He offers a powerful, nuanced glimpse into indigenous cultures, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Weaving in the rich history of salmon across time as well as the science behind their mysterious life cycle, 'Kings of the Yukon' is extraordinary adventure and nature writing at its most urgent and poetic"--Dust jacket.

Author : Dan O'Neill
Publisher : New York : Counterpoint
ISBN 13 : 9781582433448
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Land Gone Lonesome written by Dan O'Neill and published by New York : Counterpoint. This book was released on 2006-05-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O'Neill set off down the majestic Yukon River, beginning at Dawson, Yukon Territory, site of the Klondike gold rush. The journey he makes to Circle City, Alaska, is more than a voyage into northern wilderness, it is an expedition into the history of the river and a record of the inimitable inhabitants of the region, historic and contemporary. A literary kin of John Muir's Travels in Alaska and John McPhee's Coming into the Country, A Land Gone Lonesome is the book on Alaska for the new century. Though he treks through a beautiful and hostile wilderness, the heart of O'Neill's story is his exploration of the lives of a few tough souls clinging to the old ways-even as government policies are extinguishing their way of life. More than just colorful anachronisms, these wilderness dwellers-both men and women-are a living archive of North American pioneer values. As O'Neill encounters these natives, he finds himself drawn into the bare-knuckle melodrama of frontier life-and further back still into the very origins of the Yukon river world. With the rare perspective of an insider, O'Neill here gives us an intelligent, lyrical-and ultimately, probably the last-portrait of the river people along the upper Yukon.

Author : John Hildebrand
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299154939
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the River written by John Hildebrand and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “John Hildebrand sets out in a canoe . . . to explore the great riverway of northwestern Canada and Alaska. . . . The geography is closely rendered and the characters especially sharply drawn. The country is filled with mad dropouts at river fish camps, good-hearted girls in the towns, sullen natives in tumbledown villages, cranky old-timers, terrible drunks and worse moralizers who live off the wild landscape and its abundant resources. . . . This is a fine work, and Hildebrand is a fine writer.”—Charles E. Little, Wilderness

Author : Dan O'Neill
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786722126
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Land Gone Lonesome written by Dan O'Neill and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-07-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O'Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River. His journey downriver to Circle City, Alaska, is an expedition into the history of the river and its land, and a record of the inimitable and little known inhabitants of the region. With the distinct perspective of an insider, A Land Gone Lonesome gives us an intelligent, rhapsodic-and ultimately, probably the last-portrait of the Yukon and its authentic inhabitants.

Author : Dan Maclean
Publisher : Publication Consultants
ISBN 13 : 1594339090
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries written by Dan Maclean and published by Publication Consultants. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries covers more than 4,000 miles of watery trail. The Yukon, Tanana, Porcupine, Koyukuk, and Kuskokwim Rivers are the five longest rivers in Alaska, extending into the Yukon Territory. This water flows freely, almost entirely undammed. Salmon surge against current. Moose, bears, and wolves wander the banks. Birds swarm in spectacular density. Roads rarely cross. Many residents live a subsistence lifestyle. No permits are required to be here. These channels are a natural path through the last large wilderness in North America.Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries approaches journeys of this magnitude like a through-hiker on the Appalachian Trail, but with a canoe or kayak. Each river is described from beginning to end, detailing access points, resupply options, and navigation tips throughout the flow. There are 35 original maps. Although the approach assumes long voyages, information is supplied for a range of trip lengths. Anything from an afternoon to a weekend to a week to a two-month float is possible. Paddling the Yukon River and its Tributaries is the only guide book to paddling the entire Yukon River from beginning to end.

Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791082482
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yukon River written by Tim McNeese and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Features the history and geography of each river- Documents how these waterways were corridors for exploration, cultural exchange, conflict, migrations, trade, and economic development- Meets high school social studies standards.

Author : Bruce T. Batchelor
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781552120002
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yukon Channel Charts written by Bruce T. Batchelor and published by Trafford on Demand Pub. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps of the Yukon River (Yukon Territory, Canada) drawn in historical style as used by pilots of the paddlewheelers on the famous "Trail of '98" gold rush to the Klondike. Short stories and 42 photos in this 68 page, spiral-bound book provide personal insights into contemporary river lifestyles and the rich history of the Yukon River. This is the third edition of this regional bestseller-- it was first published in 1975 and revised in 1980-- over 4,000 copies have been sold to canoeists, rafters and other adventurers who have taken this spectacular wilderness voyage. It includes 64 "strip maps" which illustrate the route from Whitehorse to Dawson City.

Author : Israel Cook Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Journey Up the Yukon River written by Israel Cook Russell and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hudson Stuck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.P6/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voyages on the Yukon and Its Tributaries written by Hudson Stuck and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rourke, Mike
Publisher : Watson Lake, Yukon : Rivers North Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780920655054
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yukon River : Marsh Lake, Yukon to Circle, Alaska written by Rourke, Mike and published by Watson Lake, Yukon : Rivers North Publications. This book was released on 1985 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: