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I like it.IT is cool.The totempoles.I hope you do to.That is why I rate it 5 stars.Also I like the Last American Rainforest.I have to go now.Have a good year. Bye!

I liked The Last Amercain Rainforest because,it has beautiful pictures and creative writing.I love your book because,it's amazing and,I want to buy it.I liked the Wind and the Raven in your story,because,the Raven and the Wind are beautiful. Shelley Gill came to Ashley River .

I gave this book 4 stars because it was'int one of thoese books that you couldn't put down to me. But I learned some stuf from it, like facts from the last american rainforest. Shelley Gill came to our school to talk about her books. She was cool. AND I MEAN IT.

I liked it because she took the story and made half a fact.She came to our school on Tuesday talking to us about herself.The book I wanted to talk is The Last American Rainforest is talking how the earth was before.

I like it.We learn things from it. I learned that Salmon come from trees.

I don't think I can add to what has been said about Alibi on Ice, other than I was captivated. I haven't enjoyed reading a story like this for a long while. The tension made me shiver as if I was actually on the mountain. Just a very well put together story that kept me asking for more.

Do yourself a favor and buy this book, you won't be disappointed.

I grabbed this book while on vacation out in the Northwest. I had spent some time on Mt. Ranier hiking, and thoroughly enjoyed following Mr. Small's murderer up and down the treacherous trails of that mountain.
It's a good suspense thriller, that transports you to Mt. Ranier, it's ice caves and glaciers. Its characters are well done, and its ending a surprise.
A very satisfying read.

One of the threads I like to talk about to readers is not to pay too much
attention to labels. I mention that labels are a marketing advice and most
books cannot be so definitively described and if the reader reads only the
books that are labeled the type of book they usually enjoy, they will miss
some great stories. I, of course, have my own favorite "types" of stories
(I'm an avowed anglophile--you know what I usually read) and the "thriller"
genre has not been high on my TBR list.

Mea culpa. I recently picked up Ben F. Small's suspense thriller ALIBI ON
ICE and was immediately caught up by the depth of characterization, the fun
of learning about something new to my experience (in this case, mountain
climbing!) and the mesmerizing settings that I assumed (never
assume...) would be absent in an action-oriented book. All of which shows
how narrow-minded I've been all these zillion years!

This was a most entertaining and enjoyable read. The most fascinating
quality of ALIBI ON ICE to me is that the reader knows right off who the bad
guy is, and, believe me, this guy is BAD. Rarely do I yelp out loud from
surprise, but I did while reading the first chapter! The excitement comes
from determining how this truly unpleasant character will be caught and
caught he gets in an amazing climax. I also love stories that take me new
places and I'm relatively confidant that if marooned on an icy mountain, I
have learned enough to get myself safely home, if only in my own mind and if
only on my backside.

So don't waste time the way I did, try something new!

Kit Sloane

The Margot O'Banion & Max Skull Mystery Series

Ben Small is a lawyer, and ALIBI ON ICE is about lawyers, corrupt and murdered lawyers. But the action in this taut police procedural doesn't take place in a courtroom. It occurs on Washington's towering Mount Ranier. And a particular strength of the story is Small's use (in the tradition of Dame Agatha) of the setting not just as backdrop but as a character itself, forcing the human actors to confront the mountain's crevasses, snowfields, glaciers and avalanches as sharply as they confront one another.

The antagonist, Emery Boyd, is a studly but sociopathic climber who uses the mountain to kill and hide the evidence as indifferently as he uses women for sexual gratification and to get information about the police probe into the disappearance of his law firm partner, Herman Klein. Boyd's alibi seems iron-clad, or rather ice-clad: he was seen on the mountain at the time of the murders.

Amy Galler, a female homicide detective from Seattle, goes to the mountain under cover, determined to continue the investigation and confront Boyd. But an unexpected meeting with another climber -- ironically, Boyd's best mountaineering buddy -- leads her into romance, vulnerability and danger.

Small slowly spins up the tension into a craggy climax, moving the characters around like chessmen with ice axes. And the climbing details make it clear that Small has spent more than a few hours on the mountain himself. The ending is terrific: satisfying but completely unexpected. I never saw it coming.

This is an excellent first novel, and I look forward to Small's next one.

If you like action thrillers, this should be a pleaser. Snowy, treacherous Mount Rainier is a major character in ALIBI ON ICE, Ben Small's debut novel. You'll find colorful landscapes as you trudge up the mountain with veteran climbers, learning firsthand what it's like to be there. Emery Boyd, the villain, whom you meet on page one, is as despicable as they come. After murdering a federal judge to keep him from revealing a blackmail plot, Boyd finds it necessary (and enjoyable) to keep eliminating those who get too close to the truth.

The story is filled with interesting, believable characters. They include Detective Amy Galler, who suspects Boyd is a murderer, and Emery's long-time mountain climbing partner, John Whitney. The plot hangs around the disappearance of a partner in Boyd's Seattle law firm, Herman Klein, who was hired to settle the dead judge's estate. Boyd has what looks like a foolproof alibi, being lost in a snowstorm on Mount Rainier at the time of Klein's apparent murder. But Amy Galler follows her suspicions, attempting to enlist Whitney in an effort to break his friend's alibi. Things go from bad to worse, and it appears Boyd has engineered another triumph.

There's also a well-drawn, sleazy newspaper reporter who succeeds in generally gumming up the works. You'll have to read the book to get the rest of the story. And the ending has a neat twist. According to his website, Ben Small has another thriller in the works. If it's as good as this one, you won't want to miss it, either.

I liked this book, but wish the main character, Andrea, was more believable. If she really was a college graduate in America, no way would she have tolerated day one in Iran the way it is described in the book. Supposedly Andrea had never been overseas, so that makes her incredible tolerance (of her mother-in-law, her husbands extreme and instant behavior change, life in general) unreal. From the time she gets off of the plane, Mani, her husband deserts her. Yet he is described as the perfect loving father and husband when he is in America. Any woman would have been suspect at least. Yet Andrea doesn't question for a long time, and I found myself wishing she had some spunk. The daughter Kelly doesn't figure much either. Her purpose as a character is left dangling. Then there are dangerous political undertones smacking Andrea in the face, yet she wants to learn the language and socialize. When she finally catches on,(and by this point I was thinking she must be a real idiot), it is way too late in the story, for her, for her daughter, and for the reader. She doesn't even find out until the very end that her marriage isn't recognized there. She could have left all along! Something about the story does flow though, and I kept reading and found the cultural and political descriptions fascinating and well written. Andrea's ultimate survival is too bizarre, and her perseverance at this point is not to be admired, but to be questioned mentally. A good story, all in all, but difficult to relate to. I live in the Middle East, so it isn't being an American and naive that causes my discomfort with the plot. I think it is just a fairly weak plot, but I'll admit that the author does a good job with trying to make it work.

I buy a lot of books to read just before going to sleep. Once in a while a book comes along that keeps me up all night. This was one of them. Thank you Betty Balsam!

INCREADIBLE STORY, THIS BOOK IS A GREAT READ, I HAVE A LITTLE TIME AT THE END OF A VERY BUSY DAY FOR READING. BUT WHEN I STARTED READING THIS BOOK I MADE SURE TO HAVE TIME FOR IT. CONGRATULATION & MY BEST WIHES TO MRS. BALSAM. WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE OF HER STORIES IN THE FUTURE.

This book was hard to put down once I got started! Betty Balsam has provided an uncommon insight into life in Iran during the infamous Revolution era of 1978-1979. This is a compelling story of an American woman who is caught between two cultures with no apparent means of escape. Ms. Balsam also provides the reader with a view of both sides of the revolution and describes in vivid detail the harsh reality of a country spiralling out of control.

Being a woman born and raised in the Middle-East I relate to Betty Balsam's captivating story about an American women's struggle to survive and protect her handicapped daughter. In what might otherwise seem as an oppressive culture, to those that are not born into the culture, Balsam exposes a genuine insight and wisdom of her dual perspective of the Iranian culture.

What a wonderful, wonderful book !

This book tells the story of Lisa Frederic who comes to racing relatively late in her life. She volunteers for the Iditarod and gets hooked on the sport. Within 5 years, she is running in the Iditarod herself at the age of 42. Not only is the story inspiring, it is well written and interesting. She spends the first half of the book describing the process she went through to be able to run in the Iditarod (cleaning the dog yard, trainig the dogs, etc.) and the second half of the book talks about the race itself.

Lisa conveys both the thrill and heartbreak of running dogs and you come away understanding just how tough this really is to do. For a 46-year-old mom from Indiana, all I can say is "WOW!". While running in the Iditarod is not something I want to do, I love reading about people who have done it. This book is an absolute must read for anyone who is interested in dogs, the Iditarod or taking chances and doing somethind different with your life.

Other good books on this subject: "Winterdance" by Gary Paulson and "Race Across Alaska" by Libby Riddles.

After a tour through Danali National Park in June, 2008, one of the people told us that our driver, Lisa Frederic, had written a book. As we had been totally captivated by her as our tour driver, we bought the book when we returned home. Having met this charming, lovely woman in person it is totally fascinating to read about this amazing phase of her life. This is a book that totally pulls you in right from the beginning and never lets go. You feel the the love, pain, struggle, and the joy that permeates this book. After reading what Lisa went through to achieve her dream, and feeling as if you were in some way experiencing it with her, you truly have a sense of what it means to not give up and to do whatever is necessary to reach your goal. I hope there are more books in her future and that life is very good to her and her husband, David, who must also be a very special person.

I really enjoyed reading Lisa's book, "Running With Champions". I thought it gave a great "insiders look" at what it really takes to run the Iditarod. As a reader, it was overwhelming to read about the physical preparations it takes just to get your gear and dogs ready... the endless hours of running the dogs, and of course, learning how "NOT" to do things. That is ALL before you get to the Ceremonial Start in Anchorage!

I thought that her writing style was engaging, and she was more than willing to share the ups and downs of her adventures. I enjoyed her sense of humor about the goof ups, and accidents she had during training. I thought her insights into living with and training with one of the "Big Dogs" of mushing, Jeff King, was fascinating. I have often wondered what makes these mushers tick.

I have read other books by other female mushers, and by far, Lisa's book was the most engaged, and engaging. Very thoughtful, warm and fun... Thanks for writing this book for us middle-aged gals!

Lisa was the tour guide on our 9 hour Tundra Wilderness Tour in Denali NP in September and did a great job. Great on stories, history, and of course her dogs. The book is just like talking to Lisa. She has a very outgoing personality and a true love of Alaska - this comes through clearly in her book as well. This book also makes a great gift.

As others who reviewed this book, I too met the author and her husband, but not in Alaska, but in Belize, Central America of all places! After a sailing trip in a group, my friend and I had breakfast with them one morning. Off-handedly, she mentioned the experience and book. 7 months later after looking at some photos, I was reminded of it, and sent for it.
What a nice surprise! I Loved it! Not only was it interesting and inspiring, but the girl can write too! I cried several times and cheered her on. I'm passing it on to my neighbor for her trip this weekend. My only regret is that I hadn't known about her or her book before we met briefly. I would have talked her ear off with questions. So, when's the movie coming out!

i read this cover to cover in one sitting- great anecdotes, tips, philosophies, photos, wine info, and recipes.
tom's book is as good as his restaurants. i LOVE this book.

Now I may be biased because I live in Seattle but there is not a recipe in this book which is not simply perfect. I have tried about 10 recipes including the crab cakes, blueberry coffee cake, Short Ribs with Rosemary white beans and the Lobster and Shiitake Potstickers and not had a bad one yet.

All the recipies are pretty easy to make, use simple fresh ingredients and usually recommend a wine to pair with it. These are not always the types of recipes that you want to whip up in 10 mins when you get home from work but for a weekend dinner where you have 1/2 hr or more to cook, you will be well rewarded. There is definitely a seafood bias for this which is fine with me. In the middle of the book are about 10 pages of pictures of many of the dishes.

I have lots of cookbooks with several good recipes but never one with so many winners and absolutely no losers. I have been to 2 of Tom's restaurants in Seattle but this makes me want to cook at home.

It has taken me awhile to write a review for this book due to the fact that I have been testing as many recipes as possible and while in Seattle compared the restaurant version with the home version. The verdict is: Get the book.

The recipes are very easily done in a standard home kitchen and they are the recipes of the restaurants in question. If there is a flavor difference it is easily explained by the author such as, the restaurant version of the salmon rub uses smoked paprike (very hard to get) while the home uses the sweet variety.

The book reflects a deep love of Seattle and is informative in a chatty way. I think though, for the Asian food information sections you may want a little more depth with Bruce Cost's book on Asian ingredients. For the experienced cook this is a great book to have on the shelf showing a fusion of traditional and international influences in the menu.

For those looking for soemthing in between a beginner's and a hardcore pro level this book is excellent. People at my various parties and catering gigs have loved the food prepared from this book and it has achieved the status of favorite on the shelf. It is approachable in tone, style and technique. It is also helpful that he provides a supplier section for those hard to get items like kazu.

The fish section maybe a no go for some people due to freshness issues but the section on grilling/barbecuing is nice and the dry brine method for roast chicken was very reliable. All the side dishes were easily done as well with a standard grocery store available.

Recommended highly and I look forward to his next work.

This was a gift to my husband, but has only been opened twice. The recipes look somewhat interesting, but the ingredients are not generally available to most areas. It would be helpful in a coastal area where FRESH seafood was more readily available AND was more cost-effective to use. We are intrigued by some entrees, but again, most are not user-friendly (or kid- friendly) which is important in our busy home! I good gift for the hobby gourmet, not useful in everyday life...at least not in our busy (and filled with picky kids) home!

I have owned my copy of Seattle Kitchen for over a year now, as do two of the other families on our block. We regularly get together for dinner parties and inevitably, one of Tom Douglas' dishes shows up on the menu. Although many if not most of the recipes are time-consuming (much chopping, sauteeing, carmelizing, etc. is involved) they are all worth it in the end as long as you are a patient person who enjoys cooking. This is not a good beginner's cookbook! The sweet butternut soup with thyme creme fraiche is beyond compare and I make it all fall and winter long. The lobster and shrimp potstickers with sake sauce take a long time to make but are simply divine (I have learned to make huge batches and freeze them for later when I need an appetizer.) Pair them with the sweet-and-sour red cabbage for an impressive presentation. I just made Etta's cornbread pudding last night for the first time after visiting Seattle and eating it at the restaurant a few weeks ago, and I have to say mine was just as good if not better since it was fresh out of the oven. It was inhaled at the dinner party and it prompted me to get online now to order Tom's other cookbook. I find that sometimes the ingredients are difficult to hunt down here in Montana, but I usually find most of what I need, or at least an acceptable substitute. I just wish there were more photographs of the beautiful food. I look forward to trying many more of Tom's recipes.

Besides the tremendous work ethic and dedication of the employees within the company that Les Schwab formed and built, the big take away from the book (in my view) is get the incentives right. If the incentives are set up correctly, then it can be a win/win for both the employee and the company. As Les Schwab states throughout this excellent book on business, "When we create programs, we are successful. When we follow programs created by other people, they become successful." Much like B. F. Skinner's pigeons, if you have random incentives that are not focused on the core, you may get some very odd results indeed.

Though written over 25 years ago, in the world of North American business of MBAs and the corporate office bureaucracy, Les Schwab's words and "Schwabism" is a refreshing look and reminder of how to do business and to succeed. In business and the corporate world, one sees very odd incentives and programs that benefit certain groups or another, but do not necessarily help the customer succeed or incentivize him/her to want to come back.

In the entrepreneur world, opportunities abound as there are still "old rubber companies" out there that one can run circles around if hard work and effort is made. To paraphrase,

1) Make your own programs,
2) Understand your cost structure,
3) Understand your customer's needs, and
4) Get the incentives right

and find your own "Schwabism" for your company or enterprise.

Many years ago, when I was in one of the Les Schwab tire stores, I saw a a heap of books in a battered cardboard box in a corner. A hand lettered sign advertised the box's contents for "$5.00" each. The books were Les Schwab's autobiography. I bought one, started reading it when I got home, and couldn't put it down until I'd finished the book. "Les Schwab/Pride in Performance" is the tire magnate's life story written "on (his) 40 year old typewriter" in the mid 1980s. Mostly it's about the growth of his "Les Schwab" tire store empire. Also, it's a high-personal-interest story about one man's road to business success. There are lots of not-so-interesting short sections on Schwab opening another tire store and many sections about people who worked for him, but Schwab's battles on the road to success and the accounts of his lieutenants are each covered quickly so what could be boring isn't. Les Schwab grew up around Bend, Oregon. His father was a drunk and his mother taught school. Both died before he was 17. Fortunately Schwab's mother left her mark. He and his siblings "were all taught to work at very young ages." Schwab sensed too that his mother wanted a better future for him. As many less successful people of the time probably had a similar background but didn't do as well, why did Les Schwab succeed? For Schwab, the key was that he was a thinker about how to do his job better and about how to motivate people who worked with him to do better. That's a thread that runs through his book. An early example is that when Schwab was a circulation manager for "The Bend Bulletin" newspaper he "attempted to put some pride in the circulation work (the low end of the newspaper business) for myself and others." It paid off for the newspaper and for him. After that Schwab was always looking to start some business or another. "I had ideas," he writes. About 1950, when Schwab was 33, with help from his brother-in-law, Schwab bought a tire store in a small central Oregon town. From then on his star shone brighter. Sure there were tough times and sure there were close calls but, as one reads his comments and between the lines, it's obvious, that with Schwab's attitude toward people, the odds were heavily on his side. "Do good and it will come back to you," may be another's sdvice but it was Schwab's practice and it paid off. "Never take advantage of a customer (and) never take advantage of an employee," he writes. Again it was Schwab's ideas that made the difference. "Help people to be successful people" and "Share profits with your employees," he advises. With the years, energy, thought, and practice paid off very well for Les Schwab. A few years ago he was one of Forbes Magazine's 400 richest people. Those that have stuck with him have done well, too. Hopefully, though, few people who Schwab pulled along have had the personal misfortune he had. Late one night in 1971, Schwab writes, "the doorbell rang (and two policemen)....came in and told me Harlan was dead." Harlan was Schwab's only son. "He'd run into the back of a log truck on Third Street." Harlan was 31. "He had problems," Schwab writes and says little more in that section. In an earlier part of the book Schwab gives us more details about Harlan and reflects, "Maybe I was too harsh on him." This is a subject Schwab wanted to write more about, I think, but it was too painful for him to go into in detail. Two years before he died this Spring, Schwab and his wife lost their only other child, a daughter. She was 55. That happpened after the book had been written. Sure Les Schwab had fabulous business success and deserved it; sure he gave people great service; and sure he helped along many of his employees; but does one very early death (Harlan's) and another (daughter Margie) show that the gods made Midas pay a price for his riches? This is a good story with a winning theme for a small businessman: work hard, think about how to provide a better service or product, and treat your customers and employees well. I highly recommend the book.

When Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger put this book on the Berkshire/Hathaway "Must Read" list, this Tire Barron from the American Northwest entered the realm of American business icon.

What a fantastic book, what a superb philosophy...

Sadly, this book is now Out Of Print. Even after decades of being published, only now is the word *really* starting to spread about Pride In Performance. It's almost gained cult-status. Still, copies are readily had and I would suggest that any aspiring businessman read this book cover to cover, and keep a copy on the shelf in the office. I do.

His credentials are that he was orphaned at 15 and built a business doing over $1B per year.

He discusses the virtuous cycle, where he set up programs to make his people successful, and in turn, they make him successful. He talks about unions, socialism, zoning regs, and the dangers of too many policies. His advice to push everything down to the lowest level (not at corporate HQ) should be read by our education departments and government.

He covers a very wide set of topics in a way that really makes you want to "shake his hand"!

If you want to learn about Les Schwab this book is good, but if you want to learn about business and how to treat customers, employees, and vendors then this book is AWESOME! Customer Service is so lax anymore that I would go buy a set of tires just to experience it at Les Schwab Tire Centers. Yes, They still run to great you, and fix flats for free. Why would you shop anywhere else?

This is a great book for the naturalist, whether amateur or field biologist, for learning in the field. The pictures are clear, information not too wordy, but enough to help with any id issues. This is really great for figuring out the plant communities that are so vital to the health of our natural world

This is a staple for plant identification in the Northwest. As a plant biologist for the National Park service, this was the book we never went into the field without. Because of it's clear color photographs, thorough taxonomical descriptions, and wide array of species, it was the first we would consult, and then cross reference with other resources if we needed to. It's also quite durable!

There is no better field guide for the region. An incredibly good book. If throw 3 books into my pack before taking off into the woods for a few months -- this is going to be one of them.

In fact, while I'm at it ... this is one of the best field guides I've ever seen for any region. It's tied with the Peterson's Field Guide to Edible Plants of E. North America ... I love it. Delicious ...

You can't call yourself a naturalist - amateur, professional, or otherwise - until you have this guide. It is clear and concise, with good tools for identification and great secondary information on the plant it is addressing. The pictures and descriptions make identification at least down to the level of family or genus ridiculously easy, but in some families getting an ID down to species or sub-species level takes a more in-depth reference guide. The keys are clear and leave little room for ambiguity, and the sectioning of material follows a logical pattern related to both ecology and familial relationships - rather than the sometimes esoteric partitioning based on strict taxonomy. The book itself is practically indestructible - I have dropped it (by it I mean my first copy, the previous edition) into creeks, mud, dust, sand, swamps and marshes, and down mountains, and it has come out mostly intact. It is also the only fieldguide that I have owned that has successfully resisted mountain rodent appetites (specifically those dastardly yellow-pine chipmunks). Like many field guides these days it also does a fantastic job incorporating native plant use into the descriptions. The only con I see in this book is it doesn't address the mushrooms (even though it includes lichens, which are halfway there).

To sum up it up, buy this guide if you spend any decent amount of time around plants and wonder at all what some of them are. For a more specific and accurate identification guide for the especially diverse or hard-to-identify plant groups (like the grasses), get a guide or key with more specific attention to taxonomy and more in-depth descriptions. It's amazing already what this guide does with the space that it has.

I found this book valuable for identifying plants associated with the lichens I collect. It is easy to use, the photos are good and I really appreciate both the range maps and phisiographic map (on the inner back cover). Dana Ericson

I had read this book some 40 years ago and thought it was great! Recently I purchased it on Amazon and read it again; even better the second time around. Provides fascinating insight to a time of historical importance to the American West.

I read this book many years ago and then lost my copy of it, so I ordered another one on Amazon. This is the most moving book I have ever read. If you're into non-fiction westerns, this is the book for you. I found the first half a tad slow but the second half was fantastic. To this day, when I think about it, it almost brings tears to my eyes. The story was written from the memoirs of Andrew Garcia, a scout for Custer and tells of his adventures traveling through the west with his native american wives. I loaned this book to a friend and he shares my enthusiasm for it.

I purchased this book for my husband. He enjoyed it and passed it on to other readers.

Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice
This book's handwritten manuscript was found in a dynamite box in its author's Montana cabin after his death at age 88. Garcia was an original Western settler, arriving in Montana in 1878, one year after the famous Nez Perce Chief Joseph's surrender. If you want authentic Old West, here it is. Garcia tells it like he saw it, favoring neither Native Americans or Europeans. He marries three Indian women (sequentially) and leaves his past world behind. This book has romance, beauty, humor, deadly adventure. Danger. Thrillers come nowhere near this true story. Most of all, Andrew Garcia's soul shines through his writing. What a dear, good man. I wish I could have met him.

A Spanish-Texan quits his job wrangling for the Army in Montana to set out trapping and trading with the Indians. His stories - full of grandeur, intrigue, death and romance - never cease to have a ring of truth.
In Garcia's accounts he is never the hero, but rather the hapless greenhorn who escapes by the skin of his teeth and a generous apportionment of luck.
Written in true trapper/trader/rancher dialect, this book is a joy to read and a pity to finish. I love his insights and Tom Sawyer wisdom, self deprecation, and observations about life with the Indians (and life with whites).

Home Landscaping: Northeast Region is a very informative book filled with beautiful photos. I don't think I will need another book while doing our landscape planning. Landscaping designs, expected sizes of plants and trees and shrubs, different colors and species, how to's, this book will cover all your landscaping needs if you live in new england.

I have so many landscaping books that I never opened again after the first week I bought them. This is not one of those books. It's by far so much better than most of the other ones out there. It's well organized for info, and the plans are numerous and easy to follow. Not just for beginners. a really great book!

It's great the way these books are customized for each individual climate area here in the U.S. Saves a lot of wasted planning with the wrong plants and materials.

A neighbor showed me her copy and I had to get one for myself. Great layouts, great plant selections, this book offers great ideas and variations and is FULL of information! I showed another neighbor the garden I am planning and now I'm buying her a copy as well. We are going to have a GREAT looking street!!

I recently became interested in gardening (now that I have a yard in which I can plant). This is one of my favorite books on gardening and landscaping. Great resource for those of us living in the northeast. Full of wonderful photos, explanations and illustrations. It gives many ideas for addressing certain areas of your yard (i.e. front entryway, patio, rock wall). Explanations are excellent; I learned a great deal from this book. Very well written. Highly recommended.

Don't know the author, don't know the pilot. Simply an easy to read, very entertaining and informative book that, like day old lazagne, was much enjoyed even the second time around.

The book is an accurate account of an unusual pioneer. I knew Andy, back in 1952, and have ridden in the Wien Norseman, with Andy piloting. If there is any fault to be found with his story, it is that it is understated.
Typically reserved, his account does not linger on the incredible cold and loneliness that was his lot on many of his journeys. His willingness to go to the rescue of lost and injured miners and trappers, at great risk to his own life and safety, testify to his own character.
Andy, and the pilots of his time, benefitted from the experience of his friend and mentor, Noel Wien. The pilots of today fly the routes that Andy pioneered.
I recommend the book, "Arctic Bush Pilot" to any who hunger for a taste of how it used to be, in the remote Arctic Circle regions of Alaska.

Excellent book, fast shipping, great packaging. Thank you. Also I might add I received 3 more books from you which I was notified that they might arrive here by the 23rd, they arrived yesterday, the 12th. Super service. Thanks again.

I bought this book expecting it to read about Bush flying. There is a fair bit about bush flying however I was expecting a bit more.

The book is actually a biography of the authors experiences as a bush pilot in the Alaskan wilderness. As such it deals mostly with the authors experiences with the people and environment of northern Alaska. This was still very interesting and I enjoyed reading the book.

This is a FANTASTIC book!! I simply could not put it down!! I bought it on the day I departed on my 4th trip to Alaska...the flight passed so quickly as I read page after page!!

I read with great interest the section about Jules Thibedeau, my First Cousin who was a bush pilot from Barrow, AK in the 50's and 60's...his comments about Jules, "The Walking Pilot" brought back memories of the stories I heard as a child about my cousin who would fly anywhere, at anytime, to help anyone in Alaska...a guy who was truely a "tough-luck, no-money" pilot who cared more for the people he helped than he did his own well-being many times.

Anderson's comments came back to life for me during that trip as I visitied Barrow for the first time...only to have an 80+ year-old Eskimo woman tell me how my cousin had saved her son when he was young kid...Jules had flown out in a blizzard to bring her sick child back to Barrow...

Bravo to Mr. Anderson on a "must read" book!!