Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy choosing his first library book in a Belfast school. The book was Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. And it has permeated Keenan's life ever since.A short visit to Fairbanks several years ago was enough to seal his connection with the place and he resolved to return. Last year he did so with a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and a heart informed with his own love of the desolate and barren places of the world. In the course of a journey ...
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Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy choosing his first library book in a Belfast school. The book was Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. And it has permeated Keenan's life ever since.A short visit to Fairbanks several years ago was enough to seal his connection with the place and he resolved to return. Last year he did so with a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and a heart informed with his own love of the desolate and barren places of the world. In the course of a journey that takes him through four geographical quarters from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September, he discovers a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure...
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine.
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Very good in Very good jacket. VGC plus. Doubleday, 2004. First edition-first printing (1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of the cover) with Dj(a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC plus. Illustrated with colour photos, b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with two small ink marks on the outer edges, two small nicks and crease on the edges of the pages. The book is in VGC with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.354pp. Price un-clipped.
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Near fine in Near fine jacket. Near fine condition. Doubleday, 2004. First edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Black hardback(gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(a couple of creases, nicks and scratch on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Illustrated with colour photos, b/w maps. Nice and clean pages with a small pencil mark impression, nick and light shelf wear on the outer edges, small mark on the edge of the front endpaper. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear.354pp. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Brian Keenan's fascination with Alaska began as a small boy choosing his first library book in a Belfast school. The book was Jack London's wondrous Call of the Wild. And it has permeated Keenan's life ever since. A short visit to Fairbanks several years ago was enough to seal his connection with the place and he resolved to return. Last year he did so with a head full of questions about its inspiring landscape and a heart informed with his own love of the desolate and barren places of the world. In the course of a journey that takes him through four geographical quarters from snowmelt in May to snowfall in September, he discovers a land as fantastical as a fairytale but whose vastness has a very peculiar type of allure...
