Signed by Mark Kelley!
Winner, 2001 Benjamin Franklin Award – Travel Essay
• Photos by Mark Kelley • 11 essays by Sherry Simpson • Published by Mark Kelley Photography, (March 1, 2000) • 128 pages, 11.5 x 9 inches • 128 color photographs • Seven page history accompanied by 21 historical photographs • Full color map of the park and surrounding areas Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1880865187 $32.95
“Everything is in motion here, even the land itself,” award-winning Alaska author Sherry Simpson says of Glacier Bay. “This is the world on its way to becoming something else.”
Glacier Bay National Park brings alive an area rich in wildlife and adventure. The pages are filled with the whales, eagles and bears of Glacier Bay. The book does more than just show you the scenery of the region; it takes you through a history and cultural lesson on the area. The photos tell the story of the Tlingit Indians, who once inhabited the area’s bays and still consider Glacier Bay their spiritual core.
“Alaska photographer Mark Kelley’s new coffee-table book on Glacier Bay National Park is remarkable not only for its vivid photos of gut-punch wilderness scenery but for the words that accompany the images. Essays by Sherry Simpson, a writing teacher at the University of Alaska, have their own way of blowing a chill breath across the back of your neck.”
Brian J. Cantwell – The Seattle Times
“What an amazing book! You’ve got it all – immense grandeur to intimate detail. Sherry’s text harmonizes beautifully and I love the timeline for a historical perspective. Well Done!”
Meadow Brook – Meadow’s Glacier Bay Guest House
Mark Kelley is proud to be printing this book with Friesens Corporation in Altona, Manitoba, Canada. Friesens is a fully certified FSC printer, as well as a member of the Green Press Initiative. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international certification and labeling system for products that come from responsibly managed forests and verified recycled sources. Friesens uses only hydro-generated power and their plant produces no air pollutants, no toxic waste, and contributes 18 to 60 times less greenhouse gases than natural gas or coal-fired plants. Friesens’ inks are vegetable-based and stored in refillable drums leaving no ink cans to discard. Friesens has a long legacy of green!
