Nancy Lord, Author . Counterpoint $25 (272p) ISBN 978-1-58243-151-2
In her newest, Lord (Green Alaska
) pens the trials of the beluga whales—mysterious, graceful creatures in decline everywhere, especially in Cook Inlet, Alaska, where she and her husband fish. She goes on an odyssey, joining conferences that...
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Nancy Lord, Author Coffee House Press $14.95 (251p) ISBN 978-1-56689-110-3
Alaskan transplant Nancy Lord (Survival), a writer and teacher who also fishes commercially for salmon, puts a contemporary spin on indigenous Alaskan folktales in The Man Who Swam with Beavers, and the results are often delightful. Standouts...
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Nancy Lord, Author Coffee House Press $10.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-918273-84-0
In 15 stories, Alaska looms as a presence that variously is vast and claustrophobic, dangerous and freeing, exhilarating and depressing. A long-time resident frets over and envies a newcomer whose hunger for wild and solitude defies common sense....
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