A Place Beyond
eBook - ePub

A Place Beyond

Finding Home in Arctic Alaska

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Place Beyond

Finding Home in Arctic Alaska

About this book

In A Place Beyond, Nick Jans leads us into his "found" home—the Eskimo village of Ambler, Alaska, and the vast wilderness around it. In his powerful essays, the rhythms of daily arctic life blend with high adventure—camping among wolves, traveling with Iñupiat hunters, witnessing the Kobuk River at breakup. The poignancy of a village funeral comes to life, hordes of mosquitoes whine against a tent, a grizzly stands etched against the snow—just a sampling of the images and events rendered in Jan's transparent, visual prose. Moments of humor are offset by haunting insights, and by thoughtful reflections on contemporary Iñupiat culture, making A Place Beyond a book to savor.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Dedication
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Preface
  9. Grandpa’s Ghost
  10. Putyuq Always Get
  11. Thin Water
  12. Sometimes Always Never
  13. Gearhead Heaven
  14. One of Us
  15. A State of Mind
  16. The Only Game
  17. Whistle for the Wind
  18. The Killing Field
  19. The Light Within
  20. The Trouble with Wood
  21. Mister Rue
  22. Coming Home
  23. Dollies
  24. Beautiful Meat
  25. Remembering What They Knew
  26. The Hardest Season
  27. Dumb Head
  28. One Leaf
  29. I Pick Your Name
  30. Wolves Are Listening
  31. Traveling with My Eyes
  32. Permission
  33. The Song of Ice
  34. Fourteen Bucks
  35. The Quiet Voices
  36. This Place