{"product_id":"the-only-kayak-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-alaska","title":"The Only Kayak: A Journey Into The Heart Of Alaska","description":"Winner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Classic!\n\nIn this coming-of-middle-age memoir, Kim Heacox, writing in the tradition of Abbey, McPhee, and Thoreau, discovers an Alaska reborn from beneath a massive glacier, where flowers emerge from boulders, moose swim fjords, and bears cross crevasses with Homeric resolve. In such a place Heacox finds that people are reborn too, and their lives begin anew with incredible journeys, epiphanies, and successes. All in an America free of crass commercialism and overdevelopment.\n\nBraided through the larger story are tales of gold prospectors and the cabin they built sixty years ago; John Muir and his intrepid terrier, Stickeen; and a dynamic geology professor who teaches earth science \"as if every day were a geological epoch.\"\n\nNearly two million people come to Alaska every summer, some on large cruise ships, some in single kayaks--all in search of the last great wilderness, the Africa of America. It is exactly the America Heacox finds in this story of paradox, love, and loss.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1493049402\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 31UTLL0058AP_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Heacox, Kim\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43715133636669,"sku":"31UTLL0058AP_ns","price":6.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1493049402-0.jpg?v=1790291541","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-only-kayak-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-alaska","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}