cover image Disappearance, a Map: A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes

Disappearance, a Map: A Meditation on Death and Loss in the High Latitudes

Sheila Nickerson. Mariner Books, $11 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-15-600498-5

""These gripping stories"" of true-life disappearances in the Alaskan wilderness, said PW, ""are deftly interwoven with reflections on the author's life in Alaska."" (Apr.)