The Blue Bear

Zusatztext "Set amid the awe-inspiring beauty of Alaska's Glacier Coast! The Blue Bear is a graceful book...." Informationen zum Autor Lynn Schooler, author of The Blue Bear , has lived in Alaska for more than thirty years. He is a two-time winner of Alaska magazine's grand prize for wildlife photography and winner of the National Wildlife grand prize. Klappentext With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life. The Blue Bear is an unforgettable book. Set amid the wild archipelagoes, deep glittering fjords, and dense primordial forests of Alaska's Glacier Coast, it is rich with the lyric sensibility and stunning prose of such nature classics as Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams and Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard. Zusammenfassung With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved! Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length! drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman! outdoorsman! and wilderness guide. In 1990! Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino! and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear! an exceedingly rare creature! seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life. The Blue Bear is an unforgettable book. Set amid the wild archipelagoes! deep glittering fjords! and dense primordial forests of Alaska's Glacier Coast! it is rich with the lyric sensibility and stunning prose of such nature classics as Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams and Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lynn Schooler, Schooler Lynn
• Edition: Ecco Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 06.05.2003
• EAN: 9780060935733
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093573-3
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Catégories: Livres pour enfants et adolescents; Voyage > Guides de voyages; Travel guides: holidays with children / family holidays, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Domestic animals and pets, Travel and holiday, Travel and holiday guides, Polar regions, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Shopping guides, Travel guides: budget travel, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Literary, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Family, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Shopping, TRAVEL: Polar Regions, NATURE: Animals / Bears, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Pets, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Ecotourism, Travel guides: eco-tourism / ‘green’ tourism, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Budget