Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (repost)
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings By Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Vint..a..ge 2000 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 0679776141 | EPUB | 3 MB
Publisher: Vint..a..ge 2000 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 0679776141 | EPUB | 3 MB
British-born Jonathan Raban sets out on a passage from Seattle to Juneau in a small boat that is more a waterborne writing den, and as usual with the brilliant Raban, this journey becomes a vehicle for history and heart-stopping descriptions that will make readers want to hail him as one of the finest talents who's picked up a pen in the 20th century. The voyage through the Inside Passage from Washington's Puget Sound to Alaska churns up memories and stirs up hidden emotions and Raban dwells on many, including the death of his father and his own role of Daddy to his young daughter, Julia, left behind in Seattle. More than just a personal travelogue, however, Passage to Juneau deftly weaves in the stories of others before him–from Indians whom white men formerly greeted with baubles set afloat on logs, to Captain Vancouver, who risked mutiny on his ship when he banned visits with prostitutes, some of whom offered their services for bits of scrap metal.