Midnight Wilderness

Midnight Wilderness by Debbie S Miller. Published by Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA, 1990. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. Slight edge wear, content excellent. ISBN 0087567156. LCCN 89-27634. Journeys in Alaska's Artic National Wildlife Refuge. Readers share the author's firsthand experience of this land of the ''never-setting-sun'' - backdrop for some of ''the world's greatest wildlife spectacle''. She witnesses the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd, one of the largest migratory herds in North America, and provides intriguing glimpses of the life-cycles of the polar bear, musk-ox, Dally sheep, grizzly bear, gray wolf, and a variety of artic birds. She evokes the fecundity of ''sacred quality'' of ''America's greatest wildlife mecca.'' Illustrated with black and white photographs. 238 Pgs. Description text copyright 2006 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 11605.