Author : Dion Engard
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 16,71 MB
Release : 2021-02-06
Category :
ISBN :
This book not only is a true historical perspective on homesteading, but it is also a story about a man's relationship with his dogs, the learning curve needed to live and work alone in sub-zero weather, coping with loneliness, and facing fear. It's a story about figuring out your place in the food chain of life. What a wonderful story about someone starting out in the Alaskan Bush.
Author : Mort Mason
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1616731419
Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason’s true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards and white-outs, on assignments at times hazardous and sometimes simply whacky, always with a sense of humor and due respect for the limitless wilds of Alaska beneath his wings. The world of a bush pilot really is the final frontier, and for thirty years Mort Mason was there, clocking enough heart-stopping miles to make most life-stories utterly incredible. In The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles Mason recounts more of his unlikely adventures in the face of Alaska’s unforgiving weather and terrain. His stories gives readers the rare chance to experience the disappearing thrills and challenges of meeting the American frontier on its own unyielding terms.
Author : Pamela Haskin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,38 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595281648
A Deliberate Life is the inspiring and oftentimes humorous story of Pamela Haskin and her life in the Alaskan Bush. She says, "I'm not trying to escape society as so many do who come to the Bush. I'm choosing a lifestyle! I want a life with adventure and purpose." Life on the homestead was certainly different from the one Pam had known; a woodpile instead of a thermostat, no running water or indoor plumbing, no electricity, and no phone. And, she chose this! Go figure. Pam touches something in each of us that says life can be more than ordinary. We do indeed have a choice, and we either exercise or surrender that choice each day. Pam's choices changed her life dramatically and set an example for the rest of us. Between these pages you will find a hearty and entertaining example of the power of choice.
Author : Tom Walker
Publisher : Alaska Northwest Books
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : McKinley, Mount, Region (Alaska)
ISBN : 9780882401010
Walker describes the rugged, isolated, and satisfying life that he enjoys along the shore of Alaska's Loon Lake with his wife and young daughter and details preparations that needed to be made before their move
Author : Jeff Davis
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 48,40 MB
Release : 2003-06-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595282601
Over a half century ago, John Swiss acquired a remote property on the far shore of Cook Inlet 100 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Polly Creek is a place of dreams. With a backdrop of snow-draped peaks, razor clam beds stretch out from the cabin's front door, salmon race through nearby seas and fresh brown bear tracks pockmark the sand at his doorstep. Moose and bear, beaver, eagles and whales are his neighbors. Over the years, he has trapped, fished, hunted, prospected, guided and flown his way into the realm of legend. John's career as a bear guide spans Alaskan bear hunting from the immediate post war period to the present time. He has guided black and brown bear hunters for all these years and polar bear hunters for 18 of the 20 years it was a popular sport. This book is told for the most part in John's own words. John's spellbinding stories unwind slowly at first, from his upstate New York childhood. He is a true pioneer of the North and just as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett did before him, he blazed a trail into the unknown land to the west of civilization and carved a life out of the wilderness.
Author : K. Bond
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1499051530
What do an Alaskan grizzly bear, a jealous husband and an unexplained disappearance have in common? Kate Murray A young mid-western woman moves thousands of miles from her home town to start a new life with her recently betrothed husband. Finally, she found the perfect man. It was a great beginning – a clean break away from her abusive and overbearing mother. The remote village in bush Alaska was full of adventures and fun, interesting people. Some of the adventures soon morphed into risky behaviors with frightening consequences. Come join Kate Murray on a page turning journey which takes her from the comforts of civilization to the remote trapper’s cabin of Old Ivan, then on to the front porch of a an elder stateswoman, Miss Eleanor who lives in a grand historic home in Apalachicola Florida. A mysterious twist at the end of this novel will make you long for the sequel, Lost in the Sun.
Author : Robert M. Brantner
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,19 MB
Release : 2003-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 146533369X
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Author : Don Ernst
Publisher : Elm Hill
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1400306221
There is a vast expanse of wilderness that lies within the borders of the United States—a land where there are no roads, no malls and no power lines stretching across the horizon. Instead, nature is on display in all of its glory. With forests, meadows, river basins, lakes, and mountains—the variety is as diverse as the expanse of the land itself. This is Alaska, the Great Land. Within these wild stretches of Alaska lie small, scattered, remote villages which are home to various ethnic groups of Alaskan natives. In the spring of 1990, Don Ernst and his wife moved to one of these isolated villages to begin a church planting ministry. During the next 27 years, life and ministry were within the realm of this setting. There were lessons learned from the elders and from the land. During this time of ministry there were also lessons learned from the Lord. The author shares these times of life lessons and spiritual growth in the tradition of the culture: stories. These stories of life and ministry share the tragedies and the triumphs sprinkled with grief and laughter. The author uses stories to instruct, encourage, and challenge you as he unfolds them in the real life setting of the Alaskan bush.
Author : Colleen T. Weber
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
Author : Mort D. Mason
Publisher : Voyageur Press (MN)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 9780896585898
Imagine flying through wildly unpredictable weather conditions and over the unforgiving terrain of the Big Empty, with only yourself to rely on in life and death situations. This type of true grit adventure was a common occurrence for Alaska bush pilot Mort Mason, who encountered numerous white-knuckle situations while honing his skill--and his luck--in a profession that only a handful of pilots have had the stamina to endure. Flying the Alaska Wild is a heart-pounding, edge-of-the-chair collection of fascinating stories about the rough-and-tumble life of an Alaska bush pilot--straight from the pilot’s seat. Recounting thirty years of adventures, skilled storyteller Mason presents tales of his own experiences, and also tells the legendary stories of other old-time bush pilots.
