Passage to Juneau
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 First US edition | |
| Author | Jonathan Raban |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Picador (UK) Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 1999 |
| ISBN | 0-679-44262-6 |
| 917.98/2 21 | |
| LC Class | F851 .R33 1999 |
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings is a 1999 travelogue by Jonathan Raban. Alongside an account of Raban's own trip by boat from Seattle to Juneau, the reader is presented with the voyage of Captain George Vancouver between 1792 and 1794 and his encounters with the seagoing natives living along the coast.
Reception
[edit]The Daily Telegraph reported on reviews from several publications with a rating scale for the novel out of "Love It", "Pretty Good", "Ok", and "Rubbish": Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph, Observer, Sunday Times, Spectator, and Literary Review reviews under "Love It".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Books of the moment: What the papers said". The Daily Telegraph. 20 November 1999. p. 70. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
Sources
[edit]- The New York Review of Books January 20, 2000 'Now Voyager' [1]
- New York Times, November 7, 1999 'Staying Afloat' [2]
- Powell.com Author interviews - Jonathan Raban [3]
- San Francisco Chronicle November 7, 1999 [4]
- Review: A Solitary Voyage by David P. Stern (27 July 2002) [5]
- The Guardian, September 23, 2006, 'Rootless in Seattle, Aida Edemariam [6]
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