First wilderness : my quest in the territory of Alaska
Title:
First wilderness : my quest in the territory of Alaska
Author:
Keith, Sam.
ISBN:
9781941821091
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Foreword: an unmet friend / Nick Jans -- Introduction: buried treasure / by Brian Lies -- Preface: longings -- Out of the nest -- The jumping-off place -- The transplanting -- Taking hold -- Local color -- Winter smorgasbord -- Days of the bear -- Into the backcountry -- Kenai moose hunt -- Comings and goings -- Boomerang Alaskan -- The Bay of the Winds -- Enforcement patrolman -- Driving out -- Epilogue: a nest of my own -- Afterword: on his shoulders / by Laurel Keith Lies.
Abstract:
"Sam Keith followed his dream to Alaska where he met Dick Proenneke. He was searching for adventure and acceptance, and found it hunting and fishing with Dick and other colorful characters who shared a love of outdoors, hard work, and self-reliance. His experiences--harrowing, funny, fascinating--are detailed in this memoir"--Provided by publisher.
