Books with a Strong Sense of Place

Alison Flood of the Guardian's Book Blog recently posted a note briefly examining a few books with strong sense of place. Her vote was for Annie Proulx's The Shipping News which explores the coast of Newfoundland. My vote would have to rest with the book I'm currently reading, Coming Into the Country, by John McPhee, which describes the breadth of and majesty of Alaska in the 1970s.