Passage To Juneau by Jonathan Raban

Passage To Juneau by Jonathan Raban

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A modern classic of travel writing, Passage to Juneau is a dual narrative, the story of Raban's own journey from Seattle to Juneau, as well as the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver.

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Passage To Juneau by Jonathan Raban

An entrancing travelogue from celebrated writer Jonathan Raban. First published in 1999, Passage to Juneau is an account of Raban's personal journey from Seattle to the Alaskan Capital by boat through the meandering sea route, the Inside Passage, told in parallel to the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver in the late eighteenth century. Described by Ian McEwan as 'Raban at his best', this is extraordinary travel writing, told from two very different perspectives. A book about the idea of loss, Raban is home but still, he is very much still at sea.

Jonathan Raban was the author of over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Passage to Juneau, Bad Land, Hunting Mister Heartbreak, Coasting, Old Glory, Arabia, Soft City, Waxwings and Surveillance. Over the span of six decades, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Royal Society of Literature’s Heinemann Award, the Thomas Cook Award, the PEN West Creative Nonfiction Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, and the Governor’s Award of the State of Washington. His work appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Harpers, The New York Review of Books, Outside, Atlantic Monthly, New Republic, The London Review of Books, and other magazines.


In 1990 Raban, a British citizen, moved from London to Seattle, where he lived with his daughter until his death in 2023.

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ISBN 13 9780330346290
ISBN 10 0330346296
Title Passage To Juneau
Author Jonathan Raban
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2000-10-06
Number of pages 448
Prizes Short-listed for Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award 2000, Short-listed for Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2000
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.