num_pages: 284
description: Here is Nelson's luminously wise account of his exploration of an unnamed island in the Pacific Northwest. This book revises our own relationship with nature, allowing us to observe it and also to participate in it with reverence and a sense of wonder.
language: English
title: The Island Within
titlecomplete: The Island Within
genres: Adventure, Nature, Outdoors, Philosophy, Travel, Environment, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction, Natural History
ratings_count: 337
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: John Burroughs Medal
publisher: Vintage