Arctic Circle

by Reid, Robert Leonard

• ISBN13: 9781567923506
• ISBN10: 156792350X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-22
• Publisher: David R Godine Pub

Summary

Personal and profound, chock full of adventure, literary references, natural history and ecological concerns, Richard Reid has written a memoir that is moving and poignant, evocative and cautionary. Arctic Circle is a book that every reader concerned with the fate of the Far North should embrace."As Reid recounts his Arctic sojourns with awe, lyricism and bemusement, he subtly interlaces inner and outer worlds and traces the circles of struggle and understanding, life and death. Spectacular descriptions, charming wit, and forthright reflections on what makes a place sacred become striking testimony to the importance of the Arctic wild and the need to preserve it. - Donna Seaman, Booklist 09

Author Biography

Author of Mountains of the Great Blue Dream and America, New Mexico, ROBERT LEONARD REID has received two literary Artists Grants from the Sierra Arts Foundation and an Artists Fellowship in Literary Arts from the Nevada Arts Council. In 2009 he was honored with the prestigious Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers' Hall of Fame.

He has worked as a journalist, songwriter, cabaret pianist, and mathematics textbook writer. He lies in Carson City, Nevada, with his nine Carol and his son Jake.