http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/rss/books/RSS.xml The latest new books from 'Far to the North Press' en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT 1440 http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo6166357.html Just north of the Arctic Circle sits Kotzebue, a town of the Inupiat people that has endured for over a century. In this compelling visual essay, Dennis Witmer captures scenes on its Front Street, the main thoroughfare whose buildings have evolved from the sod huts of Native cultures to permanent wood and concrete edifices. From front yards with parked snow machines to townspeople peacefully strolling down sidewalks, the striking black-and-white images in Front Street, Kotzebue offer a thought-provoking view of life in the Arctic and people&#8217;s methods of coexisting with the brutality of nature.&#160; <div><div>Just north of the Arctic Circle sits Kotzebue, a town of the Inupiat people that has endured for over a century. In this compelling visual essay, Dennis Witmer captures scenes on its Front Street, the main thoroughfare whose buildings have evolved from the sod huts of Native cultures to permanent wood and concrete edifices. From front yards with parked snow machines to townspeople peacefully strolling down sidewalks, the striking black-and-white images in <i>Front Street, Kotzebue</i> offer a thought-provoking view of life in the Arctic and people&#8217;s methods of coexisting with the brutality of nature.</div><div>&#160;</div></div> Art: Photography Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:00:00 GMT Dennis Witmer 9780977102822