Download or read book The Island Within written by Richard Nelson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1991-04-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is Nelson's luminously wise account of his exploration of an unnamed island in the Pacific Northwest. This book revises our own relationship with nature, allowing us to observe it and also to participate in it with reverence and a sense of wonder.