{"product_id":"arctic-dreams-national-book-award-winner","title":"Arctic Dreams: National Book Award Winner by Barry Lopez","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis bestselling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Arctic is a perilous place. Only a few species of wild animals can survive its harsh climate. In this modern classic, Barry Lopez explores the many-faceted wonders of the Far North: its strangely stunted forest, its mesmerizing aurora borealis, its frozen seas. Musk oxen, polar bears, narwhal, and other exotic beasts of the region come alive through Lopez's passionate and nuanced observations. And, as he examines the history and culture of the indigenous people, along with parallel narratives of intrepid, often underprepared and subsequently doomed polar explorers, Lopez drives to the heart of why the austere and formidable Arctic is also a constant source of breathtaking beauty, beguilement, and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in prose as memorably pure as the land it describes, \u003ci\u003eArctic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless mediation on the ability of the landscape to shape our dreams and to haunt our imaginations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . A master nature writer.\" --\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"One of those landmark works of travel writing.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Dazzling. . . . Treats the distant, snowy world of the Arctic as a place that exists not only in the mathematics of geography but also in the terra incognita of our imaginations.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Lopez is. . .the most important living writer about wilderness. . . . [ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArctic Dreams\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis] his masterpiece.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarry Lopez\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of three collections of essays, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorizon;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e several story collections; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArctic Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, for which he received the National Book Award; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Wolves and Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a National Book Award finalist; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrow and Weasel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a novella-length fable. He contributed regularly to both American and foreign journals and traveled to more than seventy countries to conduct research. He was the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim, Lannan, and National Science Foundations and was honored by a number of institutions for his literary, humanitarian, and environmental work. He died in 2020.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage Books USA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOctober 02, 2001\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780375727481\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e496 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Books USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549871988922,"sku":"9780375727481","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_dff5cd08-ed96-41c6-9959-e9ff0131843e.jpg?v=1769771513","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/arctic-dreams-national-book-award-winner","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}