I am so bummed that this book is out of print. I read it in the summer of 1995, while houseboating at Lake Powell. Even though I'm not a kayaker, I love being out on the water, and this book really made me want to take up kayaking. The pictures are fabulous, the stories are wonderful! I especially remember the stories about kayaking with the ships off the coast of California, and with the orcas in Alaska. If this book ever comes back into print, I want a copy of it. In the meantime, I guess I'll just keep watching the used book stores!

The author has experienced many paddling adventures all over the West Coast of North America and down into Mexico. A fantastic photographer, Rogers jams this book full of beautiful and inspiring photographs along with interesting narrative. From the pounding surf off the Washington coast to warm, quiet lagoons in the Baja, Rogers takes you along for quite a trip.

I've lived in Florida, and studied archeology, all my life. Mac Perry reported on many sites that I had never known about, plus added information on those that I'd already visited. An excellent book, with a clear, interesting style.

The Author has a style of writing that bring the reader into the world of Florida's first people. He very eloquently puts forth his message of conservation and protection. This book is packed with information on the various cultural periods of Florida pre-history like the Weeden Island and Safety Harbor people.

This is absolutely essential for anyone going to British Columbia or Alaska. It gives a brief description and explanation of almost all the important outdoor totem poles you'll come across, taking you through the poles figure by figure. I found it invaluable when in Victoria's Thunderbird Park and Vancouver's Stanley Park and Museum of Anthropology. A real gem you'll read over and glance through again once you're back home.

No frills, no gimmicks, just an excellent written and graphic profile of totem poles as a symbol of a North American people. Allows you to enter a community where beliefs in the earth, sky, oceans, mountains and animals continue to be spiritual.

Beautiful documentation of the pacific northwest style. The book gives a thorough history of the people, their lifestyle, inspirations for the work, and breakdown of the style and symbolism found in the carvings. The photos are clear and detail is sharp. There is a wide variety of subject and style shown throught the illustrations. Highly recommended

I have read and looked at many books about Northwest native art and culture but this book quickly overshadowed all the others I had read. It is a book filled with incredible photographs and a thorough explanation of this ancient culture. This book is history, beauty, a visit to the past, a visit to the future... a visit to now....it is a visit to extraordinary talent, it is a visit to a people whose imagination and reverence for nature and life could be an example to all of us in today's fragile world.

This not just another coffee table book..this is a must have for every person who loves art, who loves nature and who loves beauty. It is a walk with Northwest Native artists who talk to us through the words and photographs of Ralph and Karen Norris.

Great book. Who says we have to travel to far away places for adventure? Tim Palmer had what for most of us would be a lifetime of adventures on this 9 month journey. At the same time the people he introduces us to and the observations he shares about all that he sees will make any reader think harder about our place on and responsibilities to this world.

Pacific High is a wonderful blend of adventure, travel, natural history, personal reflection, and investigation of environmental issues that the author discovers as he makes his way from Baja to Alaska on a 9 month journey. The book offers a great way to become acquainted with the familiar-though little known Coast Range mountains that Palmer points out are in view of the west coast's biggest cities. And it is refreshingly well-written! The book has certainly inspired me to get to know the coast mountains in my own part of the range better.

As a child born and raised not far from Chief Lelooska, reading this book and listening to the CD brought back many happy memories of sitting in the story lodge watching the Chief and his family make these stories come alive. Hearing his voice again and seeing the brilliant drawings in this book made me feel like I was right back there huddled in front of the fire. The drawings are so lifelike you can almost touch the masks and costumes. After reading this book, you will be searching your local art museum for displays of Chief Lelooska's carvings and masks. I would gladly pass this book down as a family heirloom and demonstration of the rich history and art of the Northwest Indians.

I was deeply impressed by this first-class production. The stories are a bit simplistic, perhaps deliberately targeting the younger reader, but they are powerfully narrated by the chief on the enclosed CD. The artwork was breathtaking and contributed to a moving, well-conceived experience in the culture of the Northwest Coast Indian.

Stories from Where We Live focuses on regional experiences from dwellers on the North Atlantic coast ages 9 and older, but is recommended in our adult issue because the entire family will relish these stories. From netting crabs on the Jersey shore to outdoors experiences in Delaware, this gathers regional experiences told through stories, poems, and journal entries to provide an inviting collection of tales.

This anthology is a collection of stories rooted in the North Atlantic Coast, beginning with Newfoundland. It includes the genres of poetry, short story, fiction and creative non fiction. Intended as a teaching tool for children, I found the book to be compelling in the imagery it evoked, particularly of the sea and its inhabitants, both human and animal.

Este pequeño libro, que el doctor Arsenio Rey Tejerina, Profesor de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage, acaba de publicar sobre la herencia cultural hispánica de nuestro estado, se lee con mucho gusto y en poco tiempo. El libro recuenta cómo llegaron a estas latitudes los primeros hispanos procedentes de México. Hace poco más de doscientos años un puñado de valerosos y esforzados navegantes al mando del capitán Juan Pérez, amigo y paisano del célebre Fray Junípero Serra, el gran apóstol de California, arribó a las costas sureñas de nuestro estado. Los hombres que le acompañaban provenían en su mayoría de los ranchos de Jalisco alrededor de Guadalajara. Eran hombres de tierra caliente, como los llamó Michael Thurman, un historiador norteamericano, que trató de este viaje hace ya 30 años. Después de varias frustrantes exploraciones que les llevaron hasta la actual Bahía de Bristol, el reino del salmón más codiciado del globo, en busca de posibles establecimientos rusos, el explorador José Martínez Sierra convenció a las autoridades virreinales sobre la construcción de una fortaleza en la isla de Nutka (Nootka), sita en la costa norte-occidental de la Isla de Vancouver sobre el paralelo 45. La fortaleza de San Miguel, erizada de potentes cañones, defendió por varios años desde 1789 los derechos hispánicos en el Noroeste del Pacífico.
Dentro de Alaska la actual Forrester Island fue nombrada Isla de Santa Cristina, mi santa patrona, y el cabo marítimo, que hoy día lleva el nombre de Muzón trastocado de Muñoz por el navegante inglés George Vancouver años después, fue llamado Punta de Santa Margarita.
Los indígenas se acercaron temerosos a la costa para observar la pequeña nave que a ellos les pareció un ave gigantesca que se venía sobre el litoral. Al principio estaban asustados pues creían que las personas que vieron dentro eran las almas de sus muertos que venían a reconvenirles por haberse olvidado de ellos, pero luego al acercarse más y más vieron que eran unos hombres desconocidos y hablando una lengua extraña. Esa lengua extraña es la que ahorita estamos escuchando por estas ondas. Así que el español es la primera lengua que se escuchó aquí en Alaska después de la de los indígenas. Antes que la de los rusos, a quienes, aunque habían llegado 33 años antes a la isla Kayak, nadie pudo escuchar pues no había ninguna gente en aquel inhóspito lugar.
Los hispanos se hicieron muy pronto amigos de los nativos pues les dejaron subir a su barco y les hicieron regalos de lo que traían, dándoles pan que por cierto no les gustó nada. Los indios les regalaron pescado fresco y salmón curado que gustó mucho a los hombres de México. Tan amigos se hicieron unos de otros que algunos jóvenes indígenas se fueron con los exploradores a Jalisco. Iban con la idea de aprender español para, al volver, servir de intérpretes. La historia no cuenta qué pasó con estos jovencitos, tal vez se quedaron en Jalisco por haberles gustado el ambiente y el clima, mucho más cálido y menos lluvioso que el de sus costas de Ketchican. El libro puede obtenerse por un precio módico llamando a la oficina de Lenguas en la Universidad de Alaska y si alguno está interesado en hojearlo simplemente puede verlo en la biblioteca pública de Loussac que lo ha recibido como regalo. Alaska-Nutka: Colofón del imperio español, que es el título del libro, relata brevemente la historia del primer viaje y se extiende en presentar con detalle la controversia de Nutka iniciada por los ingleses. Esta desgraciada controversia tuvo por conclusión detener el avance de los hispanos en el Noroeste Pacífico. San Lorenzo de Nutka, situado en la costa occidental de la isla de Vancouver, era el bastión de avanzadilla elevado por el virrey Conde de Revillagigedo para controlar y vigilar estos inmensos territorios hispánicos al norte de las Californias. Los gobiernos de Madrid y Londres firmaron un tratado por el que se decidía el desmantelamiento del fuerte de San Miguel, situado en Nutka. A mediados de 1795 se arriaron las banderas española y británica y se destruyó la fortaleza llevándose sus cañones al castillo de San Blas en el estado de Nayarit. Este acto dio luz verde a los rusos que poco a poco fueron extendiéndose desde la isla de Kodiak a Prince William Sound, Yakutat y Sitka, llegando hasta las mismas puertas de San Francisco donde establecieron su Fort Ross, (Fuerte Ruso).

Resumen de una corta charla

presentada en la Estación KRUA-FM

de la Universidad de Alaska Anchorage.

Cristina Calloni.

Now in a newly revised, updated, and expanded third edition, Alaska: The Cruise-Lover's Guide by Paul and Audrey Grescoe continues to be a simply terrific and "user friendly" supplementary resource to enjoying the best that an Alaskan cruise has to offer, from sightseeing wildlife to observing or participating in exciting sports and events. Gorgeous color photographs enhance this exceptionally practical and nicely organized travel guide written for both the casual as well as the enthusiastically active tourist or vacationer.

If you have any serious interest in shells or mollusks, get this book. The second edition, published in 1974, is much better than the first. It is chock-full of excellent identifying information, as well as micro-environmental preferences of each animal. Kudos, Dr. Abbott!