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This is the first novel for published Alaskan author James A. Misko. The story is about Bill Williams, half Irish, half Athabaskan Indian who leaves his native village after a disastrous bear hunt, works on a Yukon Riverboat, searches for gold, helps build the AlCan Highway and goes to war in 1942. Surviving the Battle of the Bulge, he returns to find the village sterile, his girlfriend married to his brother, and the lifestyle not conducive to one who has fought a war through Belgium and Germany. He moves to Anchorage where, after a series of mishaps, he becomes a derelict, suffers alcoholism, unemployment, and homelessness. The untimely death of his dominating brother causes the widow, a woman he has waited for all his life, to give him a second big chance at love, life, and happiness, and shoves him into the Last Great Race on Earth, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
About the Author
Jim Misko grew up in Ord, Nebraska, moved to Oregon, and then to Alaska in 1974. He has worked as a school teacher, roughneck, truck driver, logger, and sold real estate. This is his third novel, but the first one to see print. His previous publications include Creative Financing of Real Estate; How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time; and How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time - Strategies That Work!
This is the first novel for published Alaskan author James A. Misko. The story is about Bill Williams, half Irish, half Athabaskan Indian who leaves his native village after a disastrous bear hunt, works on a Yukon Riverboat, searches for gold, helps build the AlCan Highway and goes to war in 1942. Surviving the Battle of the Bulge, he returns to find the village sterile, his girlfriend married to his brother, and the lifestyle not conducive to one who has fought a war through Belgium and Germany. He moves to Anchorage where, after a series of mishaps, he becomes a derelict, suffers alcoholism, unemployment, and homelessness. The untimely death of his dominating brother causes the widow, a woman he has waited for all his life, to give him a second big chance at love, life, and happiness, and shoves him into the Last Great Race on Earth, the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
About the Author
Jim Misko grew up in Ord, Nebraska, moved to Oregon, and then to Alaska in 1974. He has worked as a school teacher, roughneck, truck driver, logger, and sold real estate. This is his third novel, but the first one to see print. His previous publications include Creative Financing of Real Estate; How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time; and How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time - Strategies That Work!
Jim and his wife Patti live in Anchorage, Alaska in the summer and Palm Springs, California in the winter.
His second novel, THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTRESS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, is scheduled to be published in 2006.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 3 books Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - CAPs: Could Become, Bill Williams, Major Russell, Captain Russell, Arctic Village (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Bill Williams noticed that there was no sound in the woodsno bird calls, no squirrel chirring. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Could Become, Bill Williams, Major Russell, Captain Russell, Arctic Village, Salvation Army, Etu Etu, Snow Eifel, Ted Sheeley, White Mountain, Mike O'Leary, Yukon River, Captain Clark, George Norton, Hell's Gate, Corporal Dinsmore, Happy River, Northland Echo, Sergeant Conner, Burger King, Fish Creek, Patrolman Pat, Date of Birth, Roger Stanley, Sergeant Atterley New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Bill Williams noticed that there was no sound in the woodsno bird calls, no squirrel chirring. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Could Become, Bill Williams, Major Russell, Captain Russell, Arctic Village, Salvation Army, Etu Etu, Snow Eifel, Ted Sheeley, White Mountain, Mike O'Leary, Yukon River, Captain Clark, George Norton, Hell's Gate, Corporal Dinsmore, Happy River, Northland Echo, Sergeant Conner, Burger King, Fish Creek, Patrolman Pat, Date of Birth, Roger Stanley, Sergeant Atterley New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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