num_pages: 448
description: This is the story of Alaska and the Alaskans. Written with a vividness and clarity which shifts scenes frequently, and yet manages to tie the work into a rewarding whole, McPhee segues from the wilderness to life in urban Alaska to the remote bush country.
language: English
title: Coming Into the Country
titlecomplete: Coming Into the Country
genres: Essays, Nature, History, Science, Environment, Natural History, Nonfiction, Adventure, Travel, Memoir
ratings_count: 7004
places: Alaska
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux