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The Final Frontiersman - Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Final Frontiersman - Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness (Paperback, New Ed)
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Discovery Miles 4 120
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Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the
Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo
Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic
wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than three decades
later, Heimo lives with his wife and two daughters approximately
200 miles from civilization -- a sustainable, nomadic life bounded
by the migrating caribou, the dangers of swollen rivers, and by the
very exigencies of daily existence.
In "The Final Frontiersman," Heimo's cousin James Campbell
chronicles the Korth family's amazing experience, their adventures,
and the tragedy that continues to shape their lives. With a deft
voice and in spectacular, at times unimaginable detail, Campbell
invites us into Heimo's heartland and home. The Korths wait
patiently for a small plane to deliver their provisions, listen to
distant chatter on the radio, and go sledding at 44 below zero --
all the while cultivating their hard-learned survival skills that
stand between them and a terrible fate.
Awe-inspiring and memorable, "The Final Frontiersman" reads like a
rustic version of the American Dream and reveals for the first time
a life undreamed by most of us: amid encroaching environmental
pressures, apart from the herd, and alone in a stunning wilderness
that for now, at least, remains the final frontier.
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