The Way Winter Comes: Alaska Stories

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Summary: Writing that transcends the labels
Review: Calling this book nature writing, or Alaska writing, or wilderness writing is to box it into a space that is too small. This is just damn GOOD writing by someone who knows how to take the reader places without heavy-handedness. In many ways, I find Simpson's essay to be better than the oft-mentioned names like McPhee, Muir, Gutkind, etc.

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Summary: Move Over Henry David Thoreau
Review: Fantastic Book! Sherry Simpson's brilliant style and insight mark her as one of the best writers of our time. This book is sure to become a classic that will be read and studied for generations to come. You will enjoy this book on many, many levels. If you don't own a copy of "The Way Winter Comes", buy it now. You won't be disappointed!

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Summary: Beautifully Written
Review: Sasquatch books delivers wonderful books, and this one is no exception. If you love Alaska, you love well written passages, you will love this book.

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Summary: Handsome Book Handsomely Written
Review: Sasquatch books delivers wonderful books, and this one is no exception. If you love Alaska, you love well written passages, you will love this book.

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Summary: Beautifully Written
Review: Sherry Simpson's prose is fantastic. Her thoughts are insightful and interesting. The author uses the native animals of Alaska to describe the Alaska Experience and her own personal experiences. Each page was a revelation of what I love about Alaska as well as why. Sherry has the ability to write from any perspective, and to show reality by combining factual references with her own experiences and exposing two sides to every question. She obviously has a passion and it shows in her work. Very "personally" thought provoking.

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Summary: Writing that transcends the labels
Review: Simpson takes the reader on a literary tour of Alaska. From her upbringing here in Juneau to her excursions in the deep Arctic, we are given an open window to peer into some of the mysteries of the many faces of Alaska. Her journalistic past affords her some true objectivity in dealing with controversial topics like wolf trapping.

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Summary: Fair, insightful, lushly written book
Review: Simpson takes the reader on a literary tour of Alaska. From her upbringing here in Juneau to her excursions in the deep Arctic, we are given an open window to peer into some of the mysteries of the many faces of Alaska. Her journalistic past affords her some true objectivity in dealing with controversial topics like wolf trapping.

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Summary: Simpson has done something very well, perfectly well.
Review: The Way Winter Comes is one of the best pieces of Alaskan -- or any -- writing I have read in decades. Readers who do not experience this small, precious book may have wasted some portion of their lives. Get it. Get it now.