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 villagers across the Arctic; the story about the young woman
who conducted the 1940 census in the Interior by dog team; or the
story about the family who placed their automobile on a raft,
hooked paddles to the axles, and steered their home-built
paddle-wheeler down the Yukon River to the first road - whereupon
they removed the car from the barge, and drove home to Nebraska.
Other stories in this book you won't want to miss include: Don
Sheldon's floatplane rescue of eight men from white water; the
mystery of Klutuk, the beast of the tundra; how Julie Collins's
sled dog saved her life; the trials and tribulations of a nurse
running a hospital on the arctic coast in 1921; an Athabascan
writer's account of her interviews with her grandmother, a medicine
woman; newsworthy events across the state, and much, much
more.
Jill Shepherd spent twenty-seven years in Alaska's Interior,
raising sled dog puppies, baby moose, and three children while
co-owning a dog team, operating a wilderness fishing camp, writing
for The Tundra Times, and working in public relations for the
trans-Alaska oil pipeline. She graduated from Anchorage High School
and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, after spending
earlieryears in Central America and California. After moving to
Anchorage, Shepherd worked for The Anchorage Times before starting
her twenty-year career with Alaska magazine, where she is now
senior editor. An Alaskan for more than fifty years, Shepherd
travels extensively, photographing and writing about the people and
places she visits, and claims Kodiak Island as her favorite
vacation spot.
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