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Half-Light : Westbound on a Hot Planet / Amy Kaler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaler, Amy, author.
- Series:
- Wayfarer series.
- Wayfarer Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aging.
- Climatic changes.
- Middle age.
- Travel--Psychological aspects.
- Travel.
- Western films.
- Alberta--History.
- Alberta.
- Edmonton (Alberta)--History.
- Edmonton (Alberta).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (249 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to "go west," Half-Light offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe.
- Contents:
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Contents
- Prologue
- Central Alberta, Somewhere Near Rumsey
- Westbound
- Retlaw
- On Fire for the Rest of My Life
- Rossdale Flats and the Bomb Shelter
- The West and Its Ruins
- Swan Hills
- Westbound All Along
- Campus Saint-Jean
- The End of the World and the Ends of the Earth
- Dalum
- Orphans
- St. Paul
- My Seventies
- Strathcona Science Park
- The Years Before Me, the Years Behind
- Newbrook
- Ancestors and Descendants
- Wostok and Spaca Moskalyk
- Home for theTime Being
- Packingtown
- The Most Important Things Have Already Happened
- Holy Transfiguration
- Standing Pose
- Rowley
- "Your Cell Will Teach You"
- Newcastle Mine
- Time Management
- Abbotsford
- Keeping Time
- Rochfort Bridge
- Pigeons
- Palliser Triangle
- Who Is That?
- Bunchberry Meadows
- Top Ten Crises
- Beaverhill Lake
- Epilogue: Eastbound
- Acknowledgements
- References
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781772127607
- 1772127604
- 9781772127614
- 1772127612
- OCLC:
- 1453198537
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