01841cam a2200301 4500 283109754 TxAuBib 20110812120000.0 110812t19771976||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 77-12249 9780374522872 $10.00 0374522871 $10.00 TxAuBib McPhee, John. Coming Into The Country / John McPhee. 1st ed. New York, NY : The Noonday Press, 1977. ©1976. 438 p : maps; softcover ; 22 cm. Encircled river -- What they were hunting for -- Coming into the country. "Coming into the Country" is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush. Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an organic whole. In the course of this volume we are made acquainted with the lore and techniques of placer mining, the habits and legends of the barren-ground grizzly, the outlook of a young Athapaskan chief, and tales of the fortitude of settlers-ordinary people compelled by extraordinary dreams. "Coming into the Country" unites a vast region of America with one of America's notable literary craftsmen, singularly qualified to do justice to the scale and grandeur of the design. 20110812. Alaska Description and travel. Alaska. Culture. Environment. Alaskans.