Arctic Dreams : Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
by Lopez, BarryEdition: Reprint
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 1996-07-01
Publisher(s): Bantam
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Summary
Barry Lopez has been hailed as a "master nature writer" byThe New York Times Book Review, andArctic Dreamsis undoubtedly his masterwork. Set amidst the shimmering seas of Northern ice, Arctic Dreamsleads readers on a journey of the mind and heart into a place that grips the imagination and invigorates the soul. Part adventure tale and part meditation on the art of exploration, this magical book dazzles with the wonder of the aurora borealis; the awesome power of polar bears and killer whales; the monumental grandeur of migrating icebergs; and the beauty and nobility of the Arctic's indigenous people. Evocative and everlasting,Arctic Dreamsis a classic.
Author Biography
Barry Lopez is the author of six works of nonfiction and eight works of fiction. His writing appears regularly in <i>Harper's</i>, <i>The Paris Review, DoubleTake, </i>and<i> The Georgia Review</i>. He is the recipient of a National Book Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other honors. He lives in western Oregon.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Author's Note | p. xvii |
| Preface | p. xix |
| Prologue: Pond's Bay, Baffin Island | p. 1 |
| Arktikos | p. 15 |
| Banks Island: Ovibos moschatus | p. 42 |
| Tornarssuk: Ursus maritimus | p. 76 |
| Lancaster Sound: Monodon monoceros | p. 119 |
| Migration: The Corridors of Breath | p. 152 |
| Ice and Light | p. 204 |
| The Country of the Mind | p. 252 |
| The Intent of Monks | p. 302 |
| A Northern Passage | p. 355 |
| Epilogue: Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea | p. 407 |
| Notes | p. 417 |
| Maps | p. 421 |
| Appendices | p. 427 |
| Bibliography | p. 445 |
| Index | p. 449 |
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