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Living with Wildness
Bill Sherwonit
其他書名
An Alaskan Odyssey
出版
University of Alaska Press
, 2008
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Nature / General
Nature / Essays
Nature / Regional
Science / Life Sciences / Biology
ISBN
1602230145
9781602230149
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=6CdFAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
In 1974, twenty-four-year-old Bill Sherwonit stepped into a whole new life--deep in the Alaska wild. In this engaging essay collection, Sherwonit now recollects his adventures and trials of his more than thirty years in the Alaska wilderness. From the streets of Anchorage to wildlife preserves where wolves and bears freely roam, Sherwonit has witnessed the collision of man and nature firsthand in the untamed climes of Alaska.
Living with Wildness
constructs a continuum of "wildness" with Sherwonit's lyrical writings, as he recounts intimate moments with the songbirds fluttering around his home birdfeeder and the halibut on his fishing line, as well as exciting experiences, including his close encounter with a grizzly bear and the breathtaking views of the Northern Lights in the remote North. Sherwonit discusses the cultural idea of the "wild man" and meditates on his own efforts to spiritually connect with nature, noting that "Wilderness is a place. Wildness, on the other hand, is a quality, a state of being." A compellingly intimate and mesmerizing narrative,
Living with Wildness
reveals how we can engage with nature and access the wildness in our own selves.