The Reader's Companion to Alaska

Publisher Marketing: The Alaskan frontier is revealed at its most inspiring and unforgiving, through the eyes of its awestruck visitors. An enraptured John Muir first glimpses Glacier Bay; Jon Krakauer marvels at the sight of a grizzly's footprints in the snow; Erma Bombeck comments on the "cruise from hell," and more. Map. Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/1997 pg. 1383 (EAN 9780156003681, Paperback) School Library Journal 01/01/1998 pg. 139 (EAN 9780156003681, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Ryan, Alan Alan Ryan was warden of New College, Oxford University, and professor of political theory. The author of On Politics, John Dewey and the High Tide of American Liberalism and Bertrand Russell: A Political Life, he currently teaches politics at Princeton University.