A sea and its meanings, raban, jonathan, good book. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. I have traveled admittedly on a cruise ship and earlier to the san juan islands on a whale watch boat through much of the area or at least near it that he describes. Buy this book as he recounts fishing a rain jacket hed mistaken for a corpse out of cold. For this trip, raban takes to the sea with all the drama and portent of someone heading off the edge of the known world.
A thrilling adventure and a telling internal exploration. Alongside an account of rabans own trip by boat from seattle to juneau, the reader is presented with the voyage of captain george vancouver between 1792 and 1794 and his encounters with the seagoing natives living along the coast sources. Rabans passage to juneau doesnt fit easily into a genre category. Raban covers the history of naming the geography on the coast between seattle and juneau, the legends of local indians, how the water shaped the people who lived on it and all kinds of other interesting things. Deeply felt and slow to develop, but ultimately fascinating for anyone who is fascinated by the inside passage or the sea. Rabans 11th book, it follows his circle awardwinning bad land, an account of his trip across the landscape and history of montana. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficultand often treacherouswater, which raban navigates solo in a 35foot sailboat. I love reading books about voyages of discovery as much as the next landlocked guy. I made the entire passage to juneau, on which praise has been heaped.
With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book awardwinning bad land, jonathan raban conducts readers along the inside passage from seattle to juneau. Passage to juneau by jonathan raban lifes choppier. Jun 22, 2011 but passage to juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures. A sea and its meanings from the worlds largest community of readers. But anymore, i jump ship when i sense that the voyage was made with the main purpose of writing the book. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficultand often treacherous. A sea and its meanings author jonathan raban epub download free get the book passage to juneau. The third book, a novel, will be set right here, in seattle. Passage to juneau by jonathan raban is reminiscent of bad land, rabans 1996 treatise on the settlement of the dakotas and the montana territory. Its the perfect setting for rabans prodigious intellect, eloquence, and eye for detail. Seattle and the florida keys in this wonderfully observant, often hilarious book, which was a bomc alternate in hardcover. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Just like the rest of us douglas kennedy, independent.
Raban learns what core samples of the ocean floor can tell us about fluctuations in the salmon population, and wonders what effect such changes would have on indian stories of dearth or plenty. With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book awardwinning. With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book awardwinning bad land, jonathan raban conducts readers along the inside passage from. Alongside an account of rabans own trip by boat from seattle to juneau, the reader is presented with the voyage of captain george vancouver between 1792 and 1794 and his encounters with the seagoing natives living along the coast. Alongside an account of rabans own trip by boat from seattle to juneau, the. You can read any book online or save it on your devices. Passage to juneau by jonathan raban lifes choppier waters. Youre a brit living in america, writing passionately and brilliantly about this country. But passage to juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures. The inside passage from puget sound to alaska is winding, turbulent, and deepan ancient, thousandmilelong sea route, rich in dangerous whirlpools, eddies, rips, and races.
We learn about the canoe culture of the northwest indians. Instead, raban takes us on a journey of contemplation, literature, lore, mythology, and science. A sea and its meanings, raban, jonathan, good book passage to juneau. A sea and its meanings ebook written by jonathan raban. A sea and its meanings is a 1999 travelogue by jonathan raban. A seattle resident since 1990, raban considers the inside passage from puget sound up into alaska the last american frontier, where the coast is populated by isolated and not always friendly enclaves of fishermen, adventurers, and lost souls. Along the way, raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss. Jonathan raban the inside passage from puget sound to alaska is winding, turbulent, and deepan ancient, thousandmilelong sea route, rich in dangerous whirlpools, eddies, rips, and races. True, this is an absorbing, stylistic travel memoir in which he recounts his experiences while sailing a thirtyfive foot ketch from seattle to juneau and back, about 2,000 miles. Passage to juneau is a stirring and informative tribute to the mystery of this breathtaking sea.
A seattle resident since 1990, raban considers the inside passage from puget sound up into alaska the last american frontier, where the coast is populated by isolated and not always friendly enclaves of fishermen, adventurers, and lost souls only. The author of the national book critics circle awardwinning bad land conducts readers along the inside passage from seattle to juneau, transversing a gulf of centuries and cultures, and offering captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation with an unsparing narrative of personal loss. A sea and its meaning by jonathan raban and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jonathan raban is about to sail alone from seattle to the alaskan panhandle, following an ancient sea route rich in history, riddles, and whirlpools. Hes brilliant on the seas hallucinatory quality the way it plays tricks with light and. It is beautifully written and will not easily be forgotten. The second level is an entertaining and wellresearched historical account of the travels and travails of capt. Bad land was really a seastory, about shipwreck, set a thousand miles inland on the dry prairies. Passage to juneau is travel writing at its very best. This is a beautiful book about the landscape, the sea, and its meaning to one individual. A sea and its meanings by jonathan raban a stunning account of a sea voyage, and a rare book set in the outdoors that isnt about a disaster.
Passage to juneau book washington county cooperative. A good read and a well crafted one one that provides lots of information on sailing, the sea and the alaskan coast with a stretching vocabulary that had me reaching for my dictionary, woven around the authors sailing trip along the inside passage from seattle to juneau. Also woven into the text is a good deal of material about earlier inhabitants of the inner passage. Passage to juneau is not the book raban set out to write. With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book awardwinning bad land. Linda 382009 a complex and well written book by a local author it has a bit of sailing a bit of travel some personal growth plus history all wrapped up in one book. One of this book s great pleasures lies in its exploration of the seas meanings for the indian cultures of the pacific northwest. Strait point, hubbard glacier cruising, juneau, ketchikan, inside. Lyrical and soaring at one moment, darkly introspective at another, moods tracing the contours and texture of land and sea along the fantastic inner passage, this book hooks and engages the reader at every level.
They could not have suggested a better book to read than jonathan rabans passage to juneau. A sea and its meanings audiobook by jonathan raban. Raban learns what core samples of the ocean floor can tell us about fluctuations in the salmon population, and wonders what effect such changes would have on indian stories of. Walk into any chandlers around britains coast and you will find an array of books recounting adventures on the. Writing it, i came to see that there was another story i wanted to explore, really a landstory set at sea. With the same rigorous observation natural and social, invigor. Here flourished the canoe culture of the northwest indians, with their fantastic painted masks and complex iconography and their stories of malign. A sea and its meanings february 07, 2020 february 07, 2020 jonathan raban passage to juneau a sea and its meanings with the same rigorous observation natural and social invigorating stylishness and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his national book award winning bad land jonathan raban conducts readers. A sea and its meaning reprints by raban, jonathan isbn. A conversation with jonathan raban, author of passage to juneau.
George vancouver aboard hms discovery during his fouryear exploration of the northwest coast of north america. Passage to juneau book whatcom county library system. Like most of rabans books, passage to juneau, is written in two layers. National book awardwinning author barry lopez delivers his most farranging, yet personal, work to date. A sea and its meanings from jonathan raban in pdf or epub format. Passage to juneau a sea and its meanings by raban jonathan. The epic journey through eddies, rips, whirlpools and various other marine terrors quickly becomes intensely personal. A sea and its meanings by jonathan raban 1999, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay.
One of this book s great pleasures lies in its exploration of the sea s meanings for the indian cultures of the pacific northwest. Jul 28, 2015 n the late 1990s, jonathan raban waved a heartsore goodbye to his wife and daughter on a seattle quay and put to sea for juneau, alaska. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult and often treacherouswater, which raban navigates solo in a 35foot sailboat. Passage to juneau is far more than a meditation on the sea and its meanings. Along the way, raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative. Nov 07, 2000 a good read and a well crafted one one that provides lots of information on sailing, the sea and the alaskan coast with a stretching vocabulary that had me reaching for my dictionary, woven around the authors sailing trip along the inside passage from seattle to juneau. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read passage to juneau. The first is an account of his preparations and execution of a solo sailing trip from seattle to juneau, alaska.