{"product_id":"swallowed-by-the-great-land-and-other-dispatches-from-alaskas-frontier-9781594859687","title":"Swallowed by the Great Land: And Other Dispatches from Alaska's Frontier","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Seth Kantner illuminates an Alaska most of us will never know.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Andrea Barrett, author of \u003ci\u003eShip Fever\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage of the Narwhal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Nonfiction short stories that pull you into the lives of those living in an otherworldly place\u003cbr\u003e - Seth Kantner received a Whiting Award naming him one of the nation's top-ten emerging writers\u003cbr\u003e - Publisher's Weekly called the author's 2004 debut novel, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e, a tour de force \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Seth Kantner's novel, \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e, was published 10 years ago, it was a literary revelation of sorts. In a raw, stylized voice it told the story of a white boy growing up with homesteading parents in Arctic Alaska and trying to reconcile his largely subsistence and Native-style upbringing with the expectations and realities tied to his race. It hit numerous bestseller lists, was critically acclaimed, and won a number of awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seth's nonfiction second book, the memoir \u003ci\u003eShopping for Porcupine\u003c\/i\u003e, was even more compelling for many readers--the same raw details of a homesteading upbringing, but intensely personal. Now, in \u003ci\u003eSwallowed by the Great Land\u003c\/i\u003e, he once again brings us into his lyrical wilderness existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSwallowed by the Great Land\u003c\/i\u003e features slice-of-life essays that further reveal the duality in the author's own life today, and also in the village and community that he inhabits--a mosaic of all life on the tundra. Unique characters, village life, wilderness and the larger landscape, a warming Arctic, and hunting and other aspects of subsistence living are all explored in varied yet intimate stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mountaineers Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594859687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Seth Kantner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040283066549,"sku":"9781594859687","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d3f8372c-e874-412a-93a3-96869c6d868f.jpg?v=1689088616","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/swallowed-by-the-great-land-and-other-dispatches-from-alaskas-frontier-9781594859687","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}