Alaska Books

Coyote in Love has to be one of the best books! It has the most colorful, vibrant, beautiful pictures! The Indian legend of Crater Lake is so interesting because not only is Crater Lake the most beautiful place on the earth, but it is the most mysterious and legendary area! This is a must for any person even interested in Crater Lake or Indians legneds!

I read this book some time ago, the text was so well written, so informative and joyful. It is a garden story, so hard to come by these days, full of laughter... "plants in bondage" we've all been there with delphiniums. A treasure of a story and a window into a Canadian West Coast Garden. Thanks Des.

This is another rare catalog which captures the best artifacts from the museum exhibit. Lots of excellent photographs of the appliqued and embroidered fish skin coats of the Sibero-Alaskan peoples, fishing gear, shaman tools and every day household items. Chapters are arranged by tribe, and give excellent insight into both their physical and spiritual practices. Great maps showing the migratory routes of the various tribes. An invaluable resource for the study of these cultures.

My uncle Kenneth wrote this book. It had so many things in it that i didn't even know about. and it helped me to understand my peoples beliefs.

Looking for books about Alaska in anticipation of our first trip there, I stumbled onto this chronicle of the 1925 serum run - the delivery of live-saving diphtheria vaccine some 674 miles by dogsled to icebound Nome. Today's Iditarod, though it runs a somewhat different route, continues as a salute to Alaska's pioneers who connected isolated communities and keeps alive the memory of the most heroic dogsled race in history, the 1925 diphtheria serum run to Nome.

This is not dull research or pedantic writing. The story captivates the reader early, pulling one along as though he or she were riding with the serum on the 5-and-a-half-day dash - a journey that then usually took some 25 days!

You'll learn a great deal about Alaska - its geography, its weather, and its people (many of the mushers were Native Alaskans). You'll marvel at Native Alaskan culture and the methods they have used for hundreds of years to survive winters nearly eight months long in some areas. You'll understand just how terrible diphtheria could be in pre-DPT days. You'll agonize with those who finally opted to use traditional dogsled instead of the more "modern" airplane to deliver the serum. You'll discover how strong and how smart sled dogs are, as well as the requisite characteristics of a lead dog, and you'll learn how much the driver ("musher") relies on the natural abilties of the dogs - sometimes even to save his life.

Even though you know how the story ends, you'll find yourself cheering on Balto and Togo, as well as the other dog teams and their mushers, as they race against death - in Nome and on the dangerous trail there. Gay and Laney Salisbury create word pictures and a feeling of reader participation in the story very much like Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air did.

Both my wife and I very much enjoy good travel/adventure writing, and we devoured The Cruellest Miles. This is just a terrific book!

Although primarily known for its icy blue cruising waters, Alaska, covering more than 650,000 square miles, offers far more to the unsuspecting traveller: Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park stands some 20,000 feet aboe sea leave; Columbia Glacier descends 41 miles from the Chugach Mountains and is over four miles wide; Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve covers 3.3 million acres; Cruises through breathtakingly beautiful stretches of water such as Lynn Canal, the Inside Passage and the Misty Fjords now incorporate stops at Goldrush towns such as Skagway, as well as major cities like Juneau and Anchorage. Each cruise line offers something didfferent; this book explains the many options availabel and exactly how to choose the right cruise for you.

I've cruised and recreated in Prince William Sound for much of my adult life. This is the best (and only) cruising guide I've found for this area. Its targeted towards sailboaters, but would also be valuable for motor boaters and kayakers.

THANK YOU KNUT WALF-WE DO LOVE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR KEEP IT UP OR=KIP

Dark Boundary is one of the most graphic books i have ever read,on lifes struggles in Alaska during the Gold Rush era.If you liked Anne Hobbs Purdys best selling book Tisha,which has sold millions and was printed in five languages and picked for readers digest condensed books,you will love Anne's first book Dark Boundary.
This Book is a must read.Available through Koyukon Creations
po box 870511 wasilla,ak 99687 the book retails for 12.95

The photographs are fantastic to show what all is being described in this book. I found the material to be factual and presented in an interesting manner for an elementary student who wishes to write a report on sled dogs or sledogging as a sport. It would also be a good book to learn about sled dogs and their sport. I live in Alaska and follow sled dog activity. I have also written a children's book about a sled dog. The photographs set this book apart from all the others I am familiar with.