McPhee's in-depth study of Alaska and the Alaskans, centered around an aborted effort to study the removal of the capitol from Juneau to some small place close to Anchorage. McPhee is an exceptional journalist and one of our best writers; his speciality is in taking relatively obscure topics that catch his attention ("So - where do oranges come from?") and exploring them in detail. Many of his books describe the American Landscape: Place and Environment. As were all of McPhee's books, this one first appeared in The New Yorker, this one in about 1976. McPhee explores the geography and the people of the Great Land and its history. A classic of reportage; a necessity for scholars of Alaska.
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