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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
As insightful into Alaska's landscape as its history, this book spans space and time to give you an upclose educational tour of native animals and peoples in this great land we call the last frontier.
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Nice visionary but too much like a documentary for my enjoyment.
Well, it’s full of interesting stuff. I had been so hyped to read this that I sort of set myself up for a letdown. I’m glad I read it.
I don’t think it’s aged particularly well- the whole “OhMyGod Eskimos are like not stupid, no really, they’re like profound you know, like not smart smart but like indigenous smart, yeah, like that” shtick that runs though is tough to stomach. Yeah. Cmon man FOH with that.
If he can tell me a million things about the musk ox he could learn the difference between the Inuit, Aleut, Yupik etc. without resorting to calling them all Eskimo. I know this sounds precious, but there we are.
I think the editors could have gone a little harder too.
Also- it could have been downright magical, but was just a wankload of information.
I’m probably being over critical
I don’t think it’s aged particularly well- the whole “OhMyGod Eskimos are like not stupid, no really, they’re like profound you know, like not smart smart but like indigenous smart, yeah, like that” shtick that runs though is tough to stomach. Yeah. Cmon man FOH with that.
If he can tell me a million things about the musk ox he could learn the difference between the Inuit, Aleut, Yupik etc. without resorting to calling them all Eskimo. I know this sounds precious, but there we are.
I think the editors could have gone a little harder too.
Also- it could have been downright magical, but was just a wankload of information.
I’m probably being over critical
adventurous
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informative
mysterious
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slow-paced
I've rated a few books "5 stars" this year. But this one is really special. It's a fantastic book. A mind-changing book. Barry Lopez took the white blob on the top of a grade-school map in my mind - an unconsidered blank space - and turned it into a world. I picked this book up thinking I might learn something about ice and polar bears. Weirdly, I feel like reading this book has pushed me to be a better, more reflective human. Yes, there were long stretches of dense facts here. But there's also poetry, philosophy, and so very many carefully crafted sentences by someone who gave words to thoughts I never knew I'd have.