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Alaska : true stories / edited by Bill Sherwonit, Andromeda Romano-Lax, and Ellen Bielawski.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Travelers' Tales guides.
- Travelers' Tales
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Anecdotes.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Outdoor life--Alaska--Anecdotes.
- Outdoor life.
- Travelers--Alaska--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Travelers.
- Adventure and adventurers--Alaska--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Adventure and adventurers.
- Travelers' writings, American.
- Alaska--Description and travel--Anecdotes.
- Alaska.
- Alaska--History, Local--Anecdotes.
- Alaska--Biography--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Travelers' Tales ; Berkeley, California : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explore America's last frontier with a cabal of experienced guides to witness the Inupiat taking of a bowhead whale, follow the seasons of commercial fisherfolk, sail the Inside Passage, and flight-see with bush pilots around Denali. The Land of the Midnight Sun has its share of surprises as well, including an entire town that lives in a single World War II vintage highrise, a hairy man who roams the bush, and backcountry gourmands who communicate with edible plants. Contributors include Tim Cahill, Jon Krakauer, Pam Houston, Joe McGinnis, Ian Frazier, David Roberts and others.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Alaska: An Introduction by David Roberts; Part One ESSENCE OF ALASKA; Sixty-Five; Surrounded by Bears; The Flyboys of Talkeetna; Kayaking through a Timeless Realm of Rain, Bugs, and B.O.; Eating Edward Curtis at the Ugruk Cafe; The Only Place Like This; From Scratch; Part Two SOME THINGS TO DO; The Great White Philharmonic; Woe Is Me; Camping at Wal*Mart; Taking on the Kenai; Hell Can't Be Worse Than This Trail; Downtown Duel; Point Retreat; Part Three GOING YOUR OWN WAY; The Blood of Fine and Wild Animals; On the Pack Ice; In God's Back Yard; Seeking Paradise
- The Last Road NorthEverything's Oishi; Shot Tower; Part Four IN THE SHADOWS; Hairy Man Lives; Would You Be, Could You Be, Won't You Be (and Why in the Hell Does Anyone Want to Be) My Neighbor?; Leaving Land Behind; I Wnat to Ride on the Bus Chris Died In; Part Five THE LAST WORD; In the Giant's Hand; Index; Index of Contributors; Recommended Reading; Acknowledgments; About the Editors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-285) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-60952-072-6
- OCLC:
- 792687591
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