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SEPT. 3 - 5, 2019 PART 10: WILDERNESS: A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE IN ALASKA - INFLUENCES & REVIEWS

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ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018-19 Part 10 –  Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska -  Influences & Reviews Sept. 3-,5 2019 ABOVE – Illustration from  Wilderness , with a quote from  Thus Spoke Zarathustra  by Nietzsche:  Zarathustra himself led the ugliest man by the hand, in order to show him his night-world and the great round moon and the silvery waterfalls nigh unto his cave.         “Between the Devil of Dullness and the Deep Sea of Vagueness” At the very least, the various reviews of Rockwell Kent’s  Wilderness  call attention to him and his art. Most are positive, promote his reputation and attract readers to the Alaska book. Any negative comments are mixed with praise -- as in this case, with an international audience:   The writing is well enough,  according to a critic in  the July 23, 1920 London Times Literary Supplement,  but Mr. Kent is not a born writer; he is a born,