Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
7 best books like Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River (Sidney Huntington): Ellen Foster, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea, Two in the Far North, Trustee from the Toolroom, Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness, Crazy-White-Man, Comfort & Joy
| Author | Kaye Gibbons |
| ISBN | 0375703055 |
"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy. I would figure out this or that way and run it down through my head until it got easy." So begins the tale of Ellen Foster, the brave and engaging heroine of Kay Gibbons's first novel, which won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Institute...
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
| Author | Jonathan Franklin |
| ISBN | 1501116290 |
438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history—as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
On November 17, 2012, Salvador Alvarenga left the coast of Mexico for a two-day fishing trip....
This enduring story of life, adventure, and love in Alaska was written by a woman who embraced the remote Alaskan wilderness and became one of its strongest advocates. In this moving testimonial to the preservation of the Arctic wilderness, Mardy Murie writes from her heart about growing up in Fairbanks,...
| Author | Nevil Shute |
| ISBN | 1842323016 |
This was such a pleasure to read. It is a simple story about an uncomplicated man who is required to perform some difficult tasks. He has to step way beyond his comfort zone and in doing so discovers his own inner strengths. Even better, it becomes a bit of a fairy story as he discovers he has friends he never...
Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this and much more in a town with the unlikely name of Chicken, located deep in the Alaskan interior. It is 1927 and Chicken is a wild mining community flaming with gold fever. Anne quickly makes friends with...
| Author | Richard Morenus |
| ISBN | 1568493150 |
Cringe worthy in Places.
Maybe its the authors age, life experience or whatever that he uses derogatory names for the indigenous first nations people. There were good discriptions of land and learning lessons of the Bush. He did make friends with one native living near him and did seem to want...
| Author | Kristin Hannah |
| ISBN | 0345483790 |
Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can’t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the...
