Alaska's Inside Passage: With 500 Black and White Images

Alaska's Inside Passage: With 500 Black and White Images
ISBN-10
194488727X
ISBN-13
9781944887278
Series
Alaska's Inside Passage
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
402
Language
English
Published
2019-01-11
Author
Dale Pihlman

Description

Part memoir, part almanac, and 100% delightful, [book title] covers everything from wildlife and ocean creatures to geology, bush pilots, original inhabitants, and the history of Alaska's founding. Dale Pihlman¿commercial fisherman, pilot, yacht charter operator, art teacher, and fisheries biologist¿shares his lifetime fascination with everything alive, including captivating knowledge of little known facts and diverse information.A careful researcher, Pihlman interviews scholars as well as old-timers. He reviews the history of Native peoples in the area, the Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian, and offers personal reminiscences of the fishermen and women, entrepreneurs and eccentrics, tucked into the islands and bays of the Inside Passage.Essential reading for anyone already in love with Alaska¿s beauty and diversity as well as those planning a trip to 49th state.

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