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PART 5 - JUNE 20-23 FLIGHT FROM THE CITY: THE SEWARD GATEWAY EDITORIAL: SHOWS HE IS SMALL

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ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 5- Vermont: Flight from the City Shows He Is Small: The June 20, 1919 Seward Gateway Editorial June 20-23, 2019 ABOVE – Atop the Harding Icefield. Part of the icefield is managed by Kenai Fjords National Part; the other part by the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Nearly 40 outlet glaciers flow down from this icefield. The ones that reach the sea are called Tidewater Glaciers. Some are Valley Glaciers (Like Exit Glacier) and various types of Alpine/Mountain/Cirque Glaciers. Photo by Jim Pfeiffenberger We are at June 20, 1919. Kent is at Egypt in Arlington, Vermont. His book – Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska -- hasn’t been written yet, but his letter to Christian Brinton   used as an introduction to the Knoedler Gallery drawings exhibition catalogue – is like an abstract capturing its essence. The letter not only augments the exhibit but also cre