Purely Alaska : authentic voices from the far north : stories from 23 rural Alaskans

Andrews, Susan B., 1959- (Added Author). Creed, John, 1952- (Added Author).

Summary: Men and women share harrowing survival tales, hunting and fishing adventures, and stories about love, lifestyles, and the hopes and dreams of independent people in faraway places throughout Alaska.

Record details

ISBN: 9781935347101
ISBN: 1935347101
Physical Description: print
304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, ©2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Susan B. Andrews and John Creed -- Survival -- Noatak : the reindeer drive to Canada / Steve Werle -- Kotzebue : the day Steve's snowmachine broke / Susan B. Andrews and John Creed -- Kotzebue : danger along the sled-dog trail / Iva Baker -- Kotzebue : first sled-dog race offers lessons / R.A. Dillon -- Thorne Bay : the graying of my hair / Nancy Berkey -- Haines : a well-oiled crew in harrowing waters / Marcus Miller -- Kotzebue : Minnesotan respects Kotzebue cold / Karl Puckett -- Kotzebue : the long road to recovery / Burton W. Haviland Jr. -- Growing up in rural Alaska -- Denali National Park : witness to changes at Denali / Amy Reisland-Speer -- Kokhanok : growing up at Pope-Vannoy Landing / Gina M. Pope -- Kotzebue : a lifetime of learning / Burton W. Haviland Jr. -- Bethel : did you think it was a matter of life or death? / Joli Morgan -- Petersburg : new life for a "quiet girl" from the Midwest / Sonja Whitethorn -- Golovin : what might have been in a changing world / Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels -- Kobuk River camp : the bear / China Kantner -- Harvesting the land and sea -- Petersburg : tales from the open sea / Sonja Whitethorn -- Ambler : gone fishin' up the Pah River / Steve W. Pilz -- Caribou hunting on the Kobuk River / Emma Snyder -- Generations -- Noatak : return to an Arctic village / John Creed -- Kotzebue ; beating around the bush on foot / Susan B. Andrews -- Kotzebue : Della Keats : pride of her people / John Creed -- Kotzebue : Ruthie Sampson gave voice to Iñupiat / Susan B. Andrews and John Creed -- Petersburg : raising a fisherman in southeast Alaska / Sonja Whitethorn -- Recreation -- Haines : and they call this mushing / Robert Andrews -- Kotzebue : maintaining an Iditarod team / Iva Baker -- Nenana : a second chance / Kathryn Lenniger -- Culture -- McGrath : don't leave home without strapping tape / Wilma C. Payne -- Kokhanok : what's your call sign? / Gina M. Pope -- Nome : an Alaska winter under the snow / Terry Wilson -- Golovin : Eskimo language affects English / Lucy Nuqarrluk Daniels -- Deering : television changes Arctic rhythms / Al Bowling -- Kotzebue : "adii" : a common catch-all expression / Katie Cruthers.