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The book of the Tongass

Servid, Carolyn. (Added Author). Snow, Donald. (Added Author).

Summary: In the southeast corner of America's most rugged state lies the last contiguous expanse of temperate rain forest on the planet, much of it within the Tongass National Forest. With Glacier Bay at its northern end, the Tongass lies on a maze of islands and along a coastal strip protected by a range of mountains. The Tongass lives up to its state's reputation for wildness, natural beauty, and battles over how the land has been and will be used. In The Book of the Tongass, 13 Alaskans describe the region's spectacular forest and wildlife, its economic opportunities, and in two pieces by Tlingit storytellers, its oral history.

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  • ISBN: 9781571312266 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1571312269 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: ix, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
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  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Milkweed Editions ; [Berkeley, CA] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 1999.

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Formatted Contents Note: Introduction / Donald Snow -- "Up the inside passage-bridge to the past" / Jackie Canterbury, Cheri Brooks -- "Heart of the forest" / Richard Carstensen -- "The Tongass Rain Forest-an elusive sense of place and time" / Paul Alaback -- "Salmon in the trees" / Brad Matsen -- "First peoples of the Tongass: law and the traditional subsistence way of life" / David Avraham Voluck -- "Glacier Bay history" / Amy Marvin -- "Logging and learning in the Tongass Rain Forest" / John Sisk -- "Allowable cut: fear and transformation in a Tongass timber town" / Daniel Henry -- "The independents: hope all over" / Tim Bristol -- "Forest management: you can't stand still" / Stewart Allen -- "Love, crime and joyriding on a dead-end road" / John Straley -- "Naatsilanʹei" / Willie Marks -- "Heart of the hunter" / Richard Nelson -- "The weave of place and time" / Carolyn Servid.

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Subject: Tongass National Forest (Alaska) History
Tongass National Forest (Alaska) Environmental conditions
Tongass National Forest (Alaska) Economic conditions
Natural history Alaska Tongass National Forest

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Homer Public Library AK 333.75 BOO (Text) 000071852 Alaskana -- Nonfiction Available -

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The Book of the Tongass
The Book of the Tongass
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The Book of the Tongass


In the southeast corner of America's most rugged state lies the last contiguous expanse of temperate rain forest on the planet, much of it within the Tongass National Forest. With Glacier Bay at its northern end, the Tongass lies on a maze of islands and along a coastal strip protected by a range of mountains. The Tongass lives up to its state's reputation for wildness, natural beauty, and battles over how the land has been and will be used. In The Book of the Tongass, 13 Alaskans describe the region's spectacular forest and wildlife, its economic opportunities, and in two pieces by Tlingit storytellers, its oral history.
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