Alaska Stories: Tales from the Last Frontier - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811806758 ISBN 13: 9780811806756

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 1995

Synopsis

Non-Alaskans think of the largest state in the Union as a vast landscape of icd-blue snow, endless sun or endless night, and a rugged population huddled against the biting wind. In fact, this last frontier is not just a dazzling array of icebergs and glaciers, but is also filled with wide-open cities; danger; untouched, mesmerizing beauty; and that quintessential, fast-disappearing American staple: freedom. "Alaska Stories" is filled with an array of classic and recent voices - native Alaskans and newcomers, environmentalists and hunters, essayists and fiction writers. From the childhood view of the expansive frontier in Robert Coles's 'Distances' to the ever-contracting world that fatally injured explorer V. Swanson recorded in his journal. "Alaska Stories" takes readers to a land that occupies a distinctly mythic place in American history. The Eskimo tale of 'The Man-Who-Became-a-Caribou' reveals the interconnection of animal and human life; Alistair Scott writes in 'Tracks Across Alaska' about the joy and frustration of dog mushing; and Jack London tells of a risky journey to the edge of civilization in 'An Odyssey of the North.' With murder mysteries, lyrical landscapes, contemporary reportage, and gold rush adventtures, "Alaska Stories" offers a wild sled ride through theis Arctic world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0811806758
• ISBN 13: 9780811806756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Miller John