For half a century, Jim Rearden has fulfilled a dream-traveling throughout the Far North in search of interesting people, places, and events and writing about them. In Jim Rearden's Alaska, this longtime former outdoors editor for Alaska magazine has combined twenty-two previously published pieces into a single collection. Articles are interspersed with fresh personal insights into a changing Alaska and are illustrated by many of the black-and-white photographs that appeared with the original articles. Rearden shares his favorite stories of early sourdoughs who challenged Alaska's wilderness in the 1920s and '30s; of encounters with wolves, wolverines, and huge brown bears; of the Alaska Scouts who played a key role in the brutal Aleutian Campaign of World War II; of lighthearted and hair-raising adventures of Alaska's early bush pilots; of narrow escapes from death on Mount McKinley and in the Gulf of Alaska; and of a humorous look at Hollywood's attempt to make a "genuine Alaskan" film. "These articles represent my ideal Alaska," Rearden says.
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Having travelled in Alaska myself I came across some familiar sights and it was good to see he did not overdid his accounts. His other destinations, the ones I haven't been to yet or never will, validates the book as worthwhile reading. He went further than any tourist is able to do in his holidays, but connects to the tourist who dreams of similar extended trips.
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After half a century of writing about Alaska I decided it was time to publish a representative collection of my work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wolverine fur, stream guard, trapping season, sheep hills, cow moose, sea otters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kachemak Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Scouts, Alaska Range, Eight Ball, Frank Glaser, Koga's Zero, Cook Inlet, Kodiak Island, Savage River, United States, University of Alaska, World War, Aleutian Islands, Tundra Topics, Barren Islands, Colonel Mueller, Gulf of Alaska, Humpy Bay, Moose Johnson, National Park, Castner's Cutthroats, Coast Guard, Dutch Harbor, John Vania New!
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After half a century of writing about Alaska I decided it was time to publish a representative collection of my work. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
wolverine fur, stream guard, trapping season, sheep hills, cow moose, sea otters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kachemak Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska Scouts, Alaska Range, Eight Ball, Frank Glaser, Koga's Zero, Cook Inlet, Kodiak Island, Savage River, United States, University of Alaska, World War, Aleutian Islands, Tundra Topics, Barren Islands, Colonel Mueller, Gulf of Alaska, Humpy Bay, Moose Johnson, National Park, Castner's Cutthroats, Coast Guard, Dutch Harbor, John Vania New!
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- Arctic Bush Pilot: From Navy Combat to Flying Alaska's Northern Wilderness- A Memoir by James "Andy" Anderson in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- In the Shadow of Eagles: From Barnstormer to Alaska Bush Pilot: A Flyer's Story by Jim Rearden in Front Matter
- Father of the Iditarod - The Joe Reddington Story by Lew Freedman in Back Matter
- Our Alaska: Personal Stories about Living in the North by Mike Doogan in Back Matter
- The Thousand-Mile War by Brian Garfield on page 63
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