Coming into the Country Classics_Gift_Guide the brilliant mind behind Twenty

the brilliant mind behind Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days

When a childhood companion returns from exile

Her story pulls back the veil on the thousands of women who lived behind the scenes of the Greek army camp—concubines

through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple

one of Europe's most magical destinations

Coming into the Country Classics_Gift_Guide the brilliant mind behind TwentyComing into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush. Readers of McPhee's earlier books will not be unprepared for his surprising shifts of scene and ordering of events, brilliantly combined into an