Edge of Tomorrow: An Arctic Year (Northwest Voices Essay Series) [Paperback]

Sam Wright (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Washington State University (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874221676
• ISBN-13: 978-0874221671
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,322,604 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wrights philosophy of life., April 19, 1999

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This review is from: Edge of Tomorrow: An Arctic Year (Northwest Voices Essay Series) (Paperback)

Edge of Tomorrow By Sam Wright Reviewed by Frank Kadish

Few people are able to synthesize their lives from being born and raised in the west, to being a scientist, to become a minister in a free thinking liberal church, to an be outdoorsman and to put into practice his philosophy by combining it with living off the land as our ancestors did. My wife bought the book at our meeting of our group interested in communing with nature. I spent the last three hours reading it in one gulp. It has been as satisfying an afternoon as I have had in many a year.

Sam structures his philosophy and experience with the calendar and the events of the year in his in his cabin just below the Arctic Circle. His wisdom comes thru the stories he tells and the parables that he creates. With his wide-ranging experience in life, his story becomes an adventure of the mind.

Get the book and enjoy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I live in Alaska. I couldn't have read a more enjoyable book, May 10, 1999

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This review is from: Edge of Tomorrow: An Arctic Year (Northwest Voices Essay Series) (Paperback)

Sam's book, written from his cabin 100 miles north of the arctic circle, is a contemporary adventure story par excellence. I'm a recent University graduate in sustainable agriculture now living in Alaska. I appreciate Sam's view of living with the land, not just upon it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy from the north slope, March 3, 2004

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This review is from: Edge of Tomorrow: An Arctic Year (Northwest Voices Essay Series) (Paperback)

Having read Mr. Wright's first book, Koviashuvik: Making a Home in the Brooks Range, I was anxious to read this. Although much of the book is his philosophical viewpoint about "life explanations", a great deal of the wonderful Alaskan serenity and harshness comes through. I am sad to say, this writing was neither entertaining nor left me soulful. I think the author has grown old and yet as wise as he clearly is/was, doesn't fit well into 21st century solutions. I take homage at his reference to the northern lights and Billie talking to him with the same voice, and will just have to live with his first Koviashuvik stories. By the way, did anyone ever find the thief who cleaned out the cabin?