If the land and people of Alaska beckon you, stop and take a close look at this memoir. Already read one of Kantner’s books? Then you know the treat you’re in with this one. If you haven’t, this one is a great one to begin with. Living above the Artic Circle, Kantner keeps the stories …
As the dawn brightens outside my sod igloo, I see the ground is white. The trees are waving madly in a snowstorm. For a second, I feel my heart beat faster—yesterday was warm and sunny, and this morning I have to set off for Tacoma and the PNBA book conference. It won’t be pleasant in a blizzard. …
“Want to get inside the head of a man during one of the greatest survival stories written by an Alaskan? Read the account of a climber who fell down the ‘Elevator Shaft’ just south of McKinley, who—broken and starving—lived through countless avalanches while awaiting rescue—rescue that storms turned into a rescue of rescuers. James Sweeney’s …
Peter Brown Hoffmeister’s debut memoir, The End of Boys, is not an easy read. A boy shouldn’t cower from his family. He shouldn’t feel that every system exists to break him down. He shouldn’t be driven into darkness by a voice in his head. And just as sure, he shouldn’t have half a chance to …
“A story of a contemporary family living in the wilds of Alaska and their struggles reconciling the desire for a simple life and the many temptations of the modern world outside. Winner of a 2005 PNBA Award.”—The Bookloft, Enterprise, OR
