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Kings of the Yukon

A River Journey in Search of the Chinook

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Kings of the Yukon

Auteur(s): Adam Weymouth, Harold R. Johnson - introduction
Narrateur(s): Charlie Anson
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 A stunning new voice in nature writing makes an epic journey along the Yukon River to give us the stories of its people and its protagonist--the king salmon, or the Chinook--and the deepening threat to a singular way of life, in a lyrical, evocative and captivating narrative.

The Yukon River is 3,190 kilometres long, flowing northwest from British Columbia through the Yukon Territory and Alaska to the Bering Sea. Every summer, millions of salmon migrate the distance of this river to their spawning ground, where they go to breed and then die. The Chinook is the most highly prized among the five species of Pacific salmon for its large size and rich, healthy oils. It has long since formed the lifeblood of the economy and culture along the Yukon--there are few communities that have been so reliant on a single source. Now, as the region contends with the effects of a globalized economy, climate change, fishing quotas and the general drift towards urban life, the health and numbers of the Chinook are in question, as is the fate of the communities that depend on them.
Travelling in a canoe along the Yukon River with the migrating salmon, a three-month journey through untrammeled wilderness, Adam Weymouth traces the profound interconnectedness of the people and the Chinook through searing portraits of the individuals he encounters. He offers a powerful, nuanced glimpse into the erosion of indigenous culture, and into our ever-complicated relationship with the natural world. Weaving in the history of the salmon run and their mysterious life cycle, Kings of the Yukon is extraordinary adventure and nature writing and social history at its most compelling. Anthropologie Environnement Essais et carnets de voyage Nature et écologie Science Sciences biologiques Sciences sociales

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2019 Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year

Finalist for the 2019 Banff Mountain Book Festival: Mountain Environment and Natural History Category

Winner of the 2018 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award

Shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize

“Travel writing? Climate change? Here’s a book that does it all . . . He writes like Annie Dillard, Bruce Chatwin and Jack London combined: suspenseful and sensitive storytelling and sumptuous descriptions.” —National Observer

“Shift over, Pierre Berton and Farley Mowat. You, too, Robert Service. Set another place at the table for Adam Weymouth, who writes as powerfully and poetically about the Far North as any of the greats who went before him.” —Roy MacGregor, author of Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada

“A moving, masterful portrait of a river, the people who live on its banks, and the salmon that connect their lives to the land. It is at once travelogue, natural history, and a meditation on the sort of wildness of which we are intrinsically a part. Adam Weymouth deftly illuminates the symbiosis between humans and the natural world—a relationship so ancient, complex, and mysterious that it just might save us.” —Kate Harris, author of Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road

“I thoroughly enjoyed traveling the length of the Yukon River with Adam Weymouth, discovering the essential connection between the salmon and the people who rely upon them. What a joy it is to be immersed in such a remote and wondrous landscape, and what a pleasure to be in the hands of such a gifted narrator.” —Nate Blakeslee, author of The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West

“Beautiful, restrained, uncompromising. The narrative pulls you eagerly downstream roaring, chuckling and shimmering just like the mighty Yukon itself.” —Ben Rawlence, author of City of Thorns

“An enthralling account of a literary and scientific quest. Adam Weymouth vividly conveys the raw grandeur and deep silences of the Yukon landscape, and endows his subject, the river’s King Salmon, with a melancholy nobility.” —Luke Jennings, author of Atlantic and Codename Villanelle

“Adam Weymouth's account of his canoe trip down the Yukon River is both stirring and heartbreaking. He ably describes a world that seems alternately untouched by human beings and teetering at the brink of ruin.” —David Owen, author of Where the Water Goes
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I might be a little bias as i am a fisherman, but this book was very entertaining and informative. I learned a lot about native cultures and practices and why they love salmon so much. I live in BC and we are getting horrible runs of Sockeye, its scary to think that some day they might not come anymore.

Amazing Book

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The words, as beautiful, frank, and full of wonder as they are, are likely insufficient to fully describe what the author experienced. With child-like curiosity and simplicity, the natural and anthropological story of the Chinook is retold from the eyes of an outsider - although I’d argue he’s as much a part of the story as anyone now. A great read.

A beautiful journey

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Being from northern British Columbia, eaten fresh salmon caught from the river, lived the restrictions upon fishing as well as heard both sides of the argument from politicians and communities alike - this book delves further into the situation than most may be aware of. Those such as myself, a northern BC Canadian who understand the connection to communities and people, but less so about the history and global effects.

Well written, characters and interviews are genuinely brought to life through the vibrancy of those they wish to recreate.

Recommended for anyone who is interested in the natural world, First Nations culture, global issues and how they interact from nation to nation, as well as those who wish to enjoy a novel containing a magnificent story and inspiring journey!

What a fish, the Chinook, to commend such a tale!

Beautiful, informative, thought provoking.

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I have some familiarity with the subject and the landscape. I was born in Whitehorse and lived in Dawson for the first few years of my life. I studied conservation biology in university and volunteer for a conservation organization that works directly with these issues. The topic of the book felt like a great fit, but the audio performance is terrible. mispronounced words, names and efforts to put on accents for indigenous persons that are terrible and pretty well racist. I'll try reading this book, I hope it's better. Editing by a good editor and a director in the recording studio could have made a huge difference.

Reader is terrible

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