Corey Ford

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back

The Epic Story of the Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Author Corey Ford documents the moving story of naturalist George Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explore Vitus Bering.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9780882403946
• ISBN-10: 088240394X
• Artikelnr.: 21804026

Autorenporträt

Corey Ford (April 29, 1902-July 27, 1969) was an American humorist, author, outdoorsman, and screenwriter. Ford was an exceptionally talented and versatile writer. He published thirty books and more than five hundred magazine articles, with a gregarious sense of humor, a love of dogs as well as the "underdogs." He was a member of the Algonquin Circle which included James Thurber, Robert Benchley, and Dorothy Parker. During Ford's many trips to Alaska he met with Clarence Rhodes, Governor Gruening and Frank Dufresne, the first game commissioner of the Alaska Territory.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - by Frank Dufresne
Part One: Volcanoes, Mummies, Sea Otters
Part Two: Steller
Part Three The Plunderers.