Moonlight at Midday Author:Sally Carrighar An aborbing world of amazing people. — Naturalist Sally Carrighar settled in the Eskimo village of Unalakleet to study the wildlife of Alaska. She soon found herself drawn into the amazing world of these absorbing people, who have come to terms with nature at its harshest -- their lives, their adventures, their age-old skills, the mystery and ma... more »gic which surround them, and the 'quiet mind" with which they face their life and its challenges.
With the same sympathy and understanding, she writes of the new Alaskans - the settlers who are changing the face of our new state and carving a new kind of life from the wilderness. The illumination of Sally Carrighar's love for Alaska and her scientist's perceptiveness combine to make this a remarkable and memorable book.« less