Last Frontier: Incredible Tales of Survival, Exploration, and Adventure from Alaska Magazine
Since 1935, Alaska magazine has charted the development of our biggest, most mysterious state. With compelling stories on such events as earthquakes, tidal waves, grizzly and polar bear attacks, the Russian influence, the Gold Rush, the Japanese invasion of the Aleutians during World War II, hunting and fishing, the lives of sourdoughs, and village life, The Last Frontier truly captures the essence of our largest state.\ Other chapters include the tale of the Eskimo commercial pilot, flying...
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The best writing from 65 years of Alaska Magazine. Library Journal Taken from the pages of Alaska Magazine and its predecessor, The Alaska Sportsman, these stories represent 67 years of work by Alaskan writers. The tales are as diverse as the writers themselves, ranging from a memoir piece by a nurse who managed a hospital in Barrow in 1921 to a present-day account of a bear-watching trip to Mount Katmai by mystery writer Dana Stabenow. One chapter recounts the exploits of the 97th Division of the Army Corps of Engineers, an all-black unit that helped build the Alaska Highway in 1942-43. Another tells the frightening tale of a man trapped beneath a capsized fishing boat in the Gulf of Alaska. Selected for their clear depiction of Alaska, past and present, the 59 stories are accompanied by reproductions of Alaska Magazine covers dating from 1935 to 2002. A noteworthy addition to any travel collection owing to the unique nature and diversity of the material. Mary V. Welk, Chicago Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
PrefaceviiiIntroductionxi1.The Wolf Pack January 193512.Tundra Terror December 193583.Polar Fury April 1936144.Nome Cafe June 1936195.Every Inch A King October 1936246.Arctic Trapper November 1939297.Bush Madness November 1939398.The People of Nome Were Scandalized December 1939499.Main Trails and Bypaths December 19425710.Main Trails and Bypaths February 19435911.I Was Queen of the Klondike August 19446112.On the Ice-Pack's Rim November 19447313.Woman on the Dalton Trail January 19458114.Main Trails and Bypaths December 195210315.None So Big August 195810516.The Mystery of the Billiken September 196011117.Alaska Terror August 196511718.Huslia's Hole Hunters June 196612119.There Were Wolves ... All Around Me October 196712620.Encased In Ice, I Nearly Drowned February 197412921.Rescue From Devil's Canyon October 197413322.My Sunset Moose October 197513923.How I Killed the World's Largest Brown Bear January 197814624.A Trapper Leaves the Country June 198115125.Avalanche March 198215626.Acceptance April 198216027.Of Traps and Treasures-Klutuk September 198416328.Reluctant Hero December 198417129.Chernofski Sheep Ranch April 198517630.Abercrombie's Barrow Ballet December 198518331.A Melody For Christmas December 198718632.Mt. McKinley Joe November 198919133.Dog Team Census January 199019634.My Last Grizzly May 199020235.Medicine Woman June 199020836.Adventures in Night Fishing April 199121437.Zapped on Rainbow Mountain October 199121838.Forgotten Pioneers February 199222139.Big Trouble on the "Wideload" September 199422340.Polar Bare Swim December 1994/ January 199523141.The Last Spear Hunt September 199523442.With Trusting Eyes Behind Me February 199624043.Clutter October 199624544.Kingdom of Clean-Enough May/June 199724845.Jess's Ark September 199725146.Raven September 199725947.Fishing the Combat Zone April 199826248.A Few Mosquito Bites October 199826849.Social Climber August 199927150.The Bear and the Bride September 199927651.The Eels Are Here December 1999/January 200028052.An Orca Reunion February 200028353.Tracked by a Bear February 200028654.Crisis of Confidence August 200029055.The First Ever Nome Moose Nugget Drop November 200029556.Green Seas, White Ice March 200129857.The Cruel Chronometer July 200130158.Mary Joyce's Extraordinary Adventure March 2002303
\ From Barnes & NobleAlaska magazine attracts more than its share of out-of-state readers because of its articles about men, women, and children in real-life survival situations. The Last Frontier collects the best writing and the most incredible true stories from 65 years of this respected magazine. The range of the stories is impressive, covering events as disparate as earthquakes, tidal waves, grizzly and polar bear attacks, influenza epidemics, hunting and fishing adventures, and, believe it or not, Japan's World War II invasion of the Aleutians.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalTaken from the pages of Alaska Magazine and its predecessor, The Alaska Sportsman, these stories represent 67 years of work by Alaskan writers. The tales are as diverse as the writers themselves, ranging from a memoir piece by a nurse who managed a hospital in Barrow in 1921 to a present-day account of a bear-watching trip to Mount Katmai by mystery writer Dana Stabenow. One chapter recounts the exploits of the 97th Division of the Army Corps of Engineers, an all-black unit that helped build the Alaska Highway in 1942-43. Another tells the frightening tale of a man trapped beneath a capsized fishing boat in the Gulf of Alaska. Selected for their clear depiction of Alaska, past and present, the 59 stories are accompanied by reproductions of Alaska Magazine covers dating from 1935 to 2002. A noteworthy addition to any travel collection owing to the unique nature and diversity of the material. Mary V. Welk, Chicago Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
