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Title	:	Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
Author	:	Jonathan Raban
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 448 pages
Published	:	November 7th 2000 by Vintage (first published October 12th 1999)
Categories	:	Travel. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. History. Adventure

Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings

Jonathan Raban

Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 1534 Users | 173 Reviews

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With the same rigorous observation (natural and social), invigorating stylishness, and encyclopedic learning that he brought to his National Book Award-winning Bad Land, Jonathan Raban conducts readers along the Inside Passage from Seattle to Juneau. The physical distance is 1,000 miles of difficult-and often treacherous-water, which Raban navigates solo in a 35-foot sailboat.

But Passage to Juneau also traverses a gulf of centuries and cultures: the immeasurable divide between the Northwest's Indians and its first European explorers-- between its embattled fishermen and loggers and its pampered new class. Along the way, Raban offers captivating discourses on art, philosophy, and navigation and an unsparing narrative of personal loss.

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Original Title:	Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
ISBN:	0679776141 (ISBN13: 9780679776147)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Seattle, Washington(United States) Juneau, Alaska(United States)

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Perfect read for a ferry trip from Bellingham to Juneau!

I personally found this book a very meaningful and therapeutic read. A beautifully crafted book, multi-layered and bravely written. There are many interesting insights into the skills and craft of sailing, and he describes the people he meets and the voyage he makes with wonderful clarity. The account of his father's death and funeral was deeply moving and authentic, I had just lost my Father and found that the writer was able to voice some of my unfocused feelings for me.One of Jonathan's

I probably shouldn't have ranked this as high as I did. It has it's good qualities: some helpful info about history and the sea, insights, and thought provoking at times. But in general I found it a depressing read by a depressed man. It is cynical, bent on myth busting about the romantic Canadian/Alaskan coast and its native American as well as modern inhabitants. He meets many people along the way, none of whom he likes, and if he were to like them he thinks their lives are pathetic. He father

Great book. Superficially a description of the author's 1,000 mile solo boat trip from Seattle to Juneau, the book is so much more than that. It started well, for me, with the author describing how he had chosen his boat primarily because it had mahogany bookshelves inside, shelves which he then populated with old books about the route he plans to follow. He then expands the writing format to stitch together his own cruise with that of Captain Vancouver in the 1790's, discussing the customs of

A watery, foggy, mildly adventurous book about a small boat trip from Seattle to Juneau. Raban covers the history of naming the geography on the coast between Seattle and Juneau, the legends of local indians, how the water shaped the people who lived on it and all kinds of other interesting things. This is not a one-sitting kind of book. It's best read over a period of months in small portions, otherwise it can become too slow - which is why I skipped the fifth star.

Oh wow ... "Passage to Juneau" was first published in 1999. I can't believe that a dozen years have passed without discovering this wonderful travelogue. Anyway, add Raban to my growing list of must-reads. "Passage" describes, in wonderful detail, a sailing voyage through the inland passage from Seattle to Juneau. The author travels in the wake of Captain Vancouver, who surveyed the area for England in the eighteenth century. Yes, it's a thrilling sailing story. But it's also an insightful

One of my favorite books. I love the encyclopedic knowledge of the sea, the travel story and the history. And I had a young daughter and was traveling a lot when I first read it. Great book, made me a follower of Raban.