{"product_id":"the-only-kayak-kim-heacox-9781493049400","title":"The Only Kayak: A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 National Outdoor Book Award for Outdoor Classic!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBraided 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly 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\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Heacox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493049402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493049400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Kim Heacox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050639225087,"sku":"9781493049400","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1dc1c22-6fd5-4e1e-845f-a7abb080cd60.jpg?v=1685008386","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-only-kayak-kim-heacox-9781493049400","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}