false <![CDATA[Coming into the Country]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156876225m/79.jpg 79 8 Residents of the Lower 48 sometimes imagine Alaska as a snow-covered land of igloos, oil pipelines, and polar bears. But Alaska is far more complex geographically, culturally, ecologically, and politically than most Americans know, and few writers are as capable of capturing this complexity as John McPhee. In <I>Coming into the Country</I>, McPhee describes his travels through much of the state with bush pilots, prospectors, and settlers, as well as politicians and businesspeople who have their eyes set on a very different future for the state. 518787 1976 Coming into the Country total:500|5:172|4:238|3:83|2:6|1:1| 500 2074 684 62 2 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:07:05 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:25:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 23:31:41 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 23:52:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 06:35:59 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 11:16:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 12:55:14 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 13:03:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 05:51:14 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 05:52:14 -0800 2008 Going to Extremes but John McPhee's Coming Into the Country...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 03 22:52:24 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 23:04:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 22:03:51 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 22:18:02 -0800 2009
Narrated By: Nelson Runger
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Those who have traveled into America’s only remaining frontier rarely come back out the same. Only in Alaska can we come c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 14:45:57 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 10:37:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Mon Feb 09 15:50:38 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:54:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 08:50:45 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:47:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 07 14:34:37 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 11:38:46 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 14:34:37 -0700 2009
His subtle humor and dry whit are are solid match for my sense of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:13:36 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:14:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:23:39 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 08:29:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Apr 03 14:57:59 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 28 07:47:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Dec 28 08:34:18 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 08:34:52 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 20:10:36 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 06:09:46 -0700 2008 The first, about a canoe trip with naturalists, kept putting me to sleep (sorry, John!). The second concerns a search for a new Alaskan capital city, and that was pretty interesting especially in light of the fact that it still hasn't happened. The thi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 20 22:02:23 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 22:02:50 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Sun Sep 06 08:35:56 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:36:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Fri Jun 19 09:07:24 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 09:08:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:27:37 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 13:28:27 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=79