Nelson spent a year among the Koyukon people of western Alaska, studyingtheir intimate relationship with animals and the land. His chronicle ofthat visit represents a thorough and elegant account of the mysticalconnection between Native Americans and the natural world.--Outside This admirable reflec[...]
Here is Nelson's luminously wise account of his exploration of an unnamed island in the Pacific Northwest. This book revises our own relationship with nature, allowing us to observe it and also to participate in it with reverence and a sense of wonder.[...]