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Wake of the unseen object / Tom Kizzia.

Kizzia, Tom, (author.).

Summary:

"When The Wake of the Unseen Object was published in 1991, I imagined it might reach readers as a work of "literary travel," a genre then filling the shelves at the front of bookstores. The understated arc of the book, after all, was the education of a traveler: his progress, from early awkward door-to-door questioning to a deeper understanding and sense of place. His lessons in paying attention and seeing the world as it is, unburdened by romanticism or its inverse, disillusion. His struggles to free himself from that peculiar little character who shows up briefly in Chapter Two, "the God of Things as They Ought to Be." This new edition of the book reproduces the text as it originally appeared, without corrections or updates. Terms such as "Eskimo" and "Indian," now subject to reconsideration but common and accepted in that day, remain in place, along with then-standard applications of the words "Inupiat" and "Inupiaq," as noun and adjective"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781602234307
  • ISBN: 1602234302
  • Physical Description: xvi, 315 pages : map ; 23 cm
  • Edition: New edition.
  • Publisher: Fairbanks : UA Press, [2020]
Subject: Eskimos > Alaska > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Alaska > Social life and customs.
Eskimos > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Travel.
Alaska > Description and travel.
Alaska.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library AK 979.8004971 KIZ (Text) 000162601 Alaskana -- Nonfiction Available -


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