About this item
These timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information. They have a wide reach, in a number of ways. Besides essays about Alaska’s best-known and most charismatic animals—for instance grizzlies and wolves, moose and Dall sheep, bald eagles and beluga whales—Sherwonit introduces readers to many of Alaska’s largely overlooked species, from wood frogs to redpolls and shrews to lynx and wolverines. The stories are also geographically diverse, with stories that stretch across the state, from the Panhandle to the Arctic, and also from Alaska’s urban center, Anchorage, to its most remote backcountry. The essays also examine the complicated relationships humans have with other animals, and consider different ways of knowing, and relating to, these critters.
About the Author
Born in Bridgeport, Conn., nature writer Bill Sherwonit has called Alaska home since 1982. He has contributed essays and articles to a wide variety of newspapers, magazines, journals, and anthologies and is the author of more than a dozen books. His most recent books include "Animal Stories: Encounters with Alaska's Wildlife," "Living with Wildness: An Alaskan Odyssey," and "Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness." He also contributed the essay that accompanies Carl Battreall's photographs in "Chugach State Park: Alaska's Backyard Wilderness." Most of Sherwonit's work focuses on Alaskan subjects, with an emphasis on wilderness adventure, wildlands preservation, environmental issues, natural history, our species' complex relationship with place and wildlife, and notions of wildness, including the wild nature to be found in and around his adopted home, Anchorage. Sherwonit also teaches nature and travel/adventure writing.
Bill Sherwonit's website is www.billsherwonit.alaskawriters.com.
