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Arctic Dreams

Author Barry Lopez
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Knopf | Vintage
On sale Oct 02, 2001 | 496 Pages | 978-0-375-72748-1
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Barry Lopez’s National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece.

Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world–its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is nothing less than an indelible classic of modern literature.

“Jubilant…Barry Lopez lavishes his discoveries into a portfolio of delights.”–The New York Times Book Review

“Wonderfully informed and evocative…. Keen observation given shape with language that is deft and vivid.”–Chicago Tribune

“Rich, abundant, vigorously composed.”–The Boston Globe
© David Liittschwager
Barry Lopez is the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, 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. 

www.barrylopez.com View titles by Barry Lopez

About

Barry Lopez’s National Book Award-winning classic study of the Far North is widely considered his masterpiece.

Lopez offers a thorough examination of this obscure world–its terrain, its wildlife, its history of Eskimo natives and intrepid explorers who have arrived on their icy shores. But what turns this marvelous work of natural history into a breathtaking study of profound originality is his unique meditation on how the landscape can shape our imagination, desires, and dreams. Its prose as hauntingly pure as the land it describes, Arctic Dreams is nothing less than an indelible classic of modern literature.

“Jubilant…Barry Lopez lavishes his discoveries into a portfolio of delights.”–The New York Times Book Review

“Wonderfully informed and evocative…. Keen observation given shape with language that is deft and vivid.”–Chicago Tribune

“Rich, abundant, vigorously composed.”–The Boston Globe

Author

© David Liittschwager
Barry Lopez is the author of three collections of essays, including Horizon; several story collections; Arctic Dreams, for which he received the National Book Award; Of Wolves and Men, a National Book Award finalist; and Crow and Weasel, 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. 

www.barrylopez.com View titles by Barry Lopez

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    Arctic Dreams
    Barry Lopez
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    Barry Lopez
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  • The Rediscovery of North America
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    $28.00 US
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    Random House
    May 31, 2022
  • Horizon
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    Barry Lopez
    978-0-375-70847-3
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jan 07, 2020
  • Vintage Lopez
    Vintage Lopez
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-307-49289-0
    $13.99 US
    Ebook
    Vintage
    Mar 03, 2010
  • Resistance
    Resistance
    Barry Lopez
    978-1-4000-7665-9
    $14.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 14, 2005
  • Field Notes
    Field Notes
    The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren
    Barry Lopez
    978-1-4000-7512-6
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Jun 08, 2004
  • Light Action in the Caribbean
    Light Action in the Caribbean
    Stories
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-679-75448-0
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Oct 02, 2001
  • Winter Count
    Winter Count
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-679-78141-7
    $11.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Nov 02, 1999
  • About This Life
    About This Life
    Journeys on the Threshold of Memory
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-679-75447-3
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Apr 27, 1999
  • The Rediscovery of North America
    The Rediscovery of North America
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-679-74099-5
    $12.95 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    Sep 01, 1992
  • Crossing Open Ground
    Crossing Open Ground
    Barry Lopez
    978-0-679-72183-3
    $15.00 US
    Paperback
    Vintage
    May 14, 1989
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