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Condition
GOOD: The book’s covers and spine are in good condition, showing very little sign of use or wear. There is some yellowing due to age, but otherwise, the pages are also in good condition.
Product Details
Sporting a cloth spine and a full-color photo on the front cover, this volume is one of at least 27 in The American Wilderness series of books published by Time-Life in the 1970s.
Still of relevance today, this volume contains a wealth of full-color photographs (some of which adorn two pages), maps, and illustrations to depict several aspects of Alaska, including geology, flora, and fauna.
Table of Contents:
- The Alaskan Experience
- A Region Reborn
- Alaska’s Champion Crag Climbers
- In a New Spruce Forest
- A Wilderness of Fire
- The Salmon-Fishing Bears of Katmai
- The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
- A World in Delicate Balance
- McKinley’s Handsome Mountain Sheep
- The Wolves—a Hunting Society
- The Timeless Arctic
- The Caribou—Nomads of the North
- How Plants Survive on the Tundra
- A Land of Enormous Vistas
The end of the book contains a Bibliography, Acknowledgements and Credits, and an Index.