Raven's Witness: The Alaska Life of Richard K. Nelson

by Hank Lentfer

Book Overview

2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature Richard K. Nelson was the host of the national public radio series, "Encounters" Nelson was an anthropologist who lived with Alaska Native tribes and spoke both Inupiag and Koyukon Based on Nelson's journals and interviews with Gary Snyder, Barry Lopez, Rick Bass, and others "He listened to his [Native Alaskan] teachers,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1680513079
• ISBN13: 9781680513073
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Raven’s Witness a joy!

I enjoyed reading this book recently. It was lyrical almost, in the telling of this man’s journey through life. ( told by his friend) I enjoyed how relatable his questions about life and society, the aspirations of humans in contrast to truths taught by nature and held by ancient native peoples, were. The whole unfolding of the lessons from the earth and what they revealed to him about himself, was deeply moving and thought provoking. Passages from it lingered with me for days.