A northern front : new and selected essays / John Hildebrand.
Material type: TextPublication details: St. Paul, MN : Borealis Books, ©2005.Description: xii, 207 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781681340685
- 1681340682
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 304.2 H642 | Available | 33111008832897 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Hildebrand writes of landscapes in dispute: Native Alaskan groups are pitted against each other over oil development, Hmong emigrants jostle locals in a public hunting ground, farmers battle a formidable company town and city hall. Nature itself is also in flux as timber wolves and sandhill cranes reclaim lost ground and a marine biologist gauges the effect of an invading species on previously undisturbed areas.
A Northern Front reflects the day-by-day disappearance of wild places and the ever-changing face of the American landscape. Hildebrand's characters are unforgettable, and his stories gracefully capture the spirit of all people who care deeply about the land.
Coming home -- A northern front -- The appraisal -- Wading the big two-hearted -- Snow on the mountains -- Touching bottom -- Beyond whales -- Fables -- Fences -- Exile's song -- Dogs playing poker -- Deer in the tree -- Wolf at the door -- Wolf redux -- Looking for home -- On being lost -- In a far country.
"In places as remote as Alaska's North Slope and as familiar as a midwestern family farm there are tensions that exist between nature and the people who define a given land as home. In seventeen essays, award-winning writer and naturalist John Hildebrand takes a clear-eyed look at how these forces move and change the people and the environment."--BOOK JACKET.