Jim and Nancy Lethcoe are the local experts for Prince William Sound. This book has detailed descriptions and history of every nook and cranny in PWS, along with information about anchorages, pilotage and items of interest. Many historical pictures are included.

You can sit home in your armchair and explore PWS through this book, or you can take it on the water with you. It's like having a local right alongside, giving you a personal tour of the sound.

I found Day By Day to be compelling reading as I share the same love and awe of nature as Mr. Petersen and his family. We enjoyed a cruise from Vancouver to Sitka, Juneau and Glacier Bay some years ago. The observations of these areas in the book were particularly interesting to me. To experience Glacier Bay cruising alone in a small boat was truly an awesome feat. The book describes the wild life viewed in detail indicating how to keep oneself safe while viewing bears, etc.

Tips on fishing these beautiful waters also were of interest. The catching of about every game fish, crabs, and digging clams was included in the book. This book is also a guide to great places to eat along the way, on land sights not to be missed, hot springs for bathing and best places to anchor.

To anyone owning a boat, the mechanical problems described and how they were corrected would be very helpful. Also, a novice would find invaluable the detailed descriptions of tides, times to avoid certain waters and highlights of the many inlets and coves he explored and which are named in the book.

There are numerous instances of protection and guidance as the result of his leaning on the almighty and trusting in God's care.

To read this book is a must for anyone contemplating cruising these waters and it would be a valuable companion on one's trip.

After spending time over a period of 20 years wandering over Denali's magnificent landscape, Kennan Ward has published a collection of stunning photographs. The peak of Mt. McKinley is a focal point in many of his photographs, however caribou, Dall sheep, moose, wolf, bear, eagles, moose, marmot, and pikas give us an idea of a landscape teeming with wildlife. Kennan's pictures capture the essence of Denali. To him, this place is sacred.

"I've returned here again and again over the past 20-some years to drink in the vastness of its wilderness, the remarkable variety of the flora and fauna, and a certain elemental force that's almost indescribable. The land itself is almost like an entity, powerful and without peer." --Kennan Ward

You will enjoy the changing seasons of Denali. There are magnificent landscapes of fall, snow capped mountains and rolling fields of greenery. Some of the most striking photographs are the close up shots. If you enter Kennan's world of sprawling landscapes and migrating herds, you will be rewarded with pictures from a keen observer of wildlife and nature.

This is the book the Park Service doesn't want you to read. It has all the secret trails in Denali National Park complete with detailed maps. I really enjoyed the geological facts and history to better help you understand why Denali is so unique and so beautiful. The author also has a nice website. [...]

Denali Journal, a Thoughtful Look at Wildlife in Alaska's Majestic National Park allowed me to relive my experience in Denali!

On my flight home from a recent trip to Alaska, I began reading this book and thoroughly enjoyed Tom Walker's experiences and interpretation of Denali National Park.

This book is written in "diary form" so you can see the difference each month has to offer.

I took the all day bus ride the book refers to. Even though I was not fortunate enough to see girzzles, moose or caribou up close, I was excited to read that the seeing Mt. McKinley's snow capped mountain surrounded with beautiful blue sky and viewing a red fox, right by the road, were both very rare!

Reading this book makes be want to go back to Denali and spend a few days camping, hiking and experience some of the times he had while getting away from the road.

What better experience can you receive from a book than to "be right there" and that is just how Tom Walker makes you feel!

Anyone would be greatly impressed at this collection of three early Denali (preferred name of Mt. McKinley) climbing stories. This is not one of those cheap "facsimile" books that are so common in public domain works. This is truly re-typeset to perfection! Photos have been reproduced with crisp contrast at full size to compliment the overall fine layout. Pages are soft; they lay open effortlessly to allow effortless reading.

A remarkable value to find these days. This is the combination of three works that would be prohibitively expensive to own as original editions, yet cost less than one of these, that I am aware of, that is in reprint. The experience is one of handling the original editions because there is so little of the domineering "New introductions" some egomaniacs burden this genre with.

The value of all three in a single volume has a powerful effect on the childish Cookie (Fred Cook) version that both offended and inspired Belmore Browne. He had a passion for exposing Cook and trying to climb Mt. McKinley himself. Recently Bradford Washburn lived up to his objective of "nailing Cook's coffin shut" (See: The Dishonorable Dr. Cook) with his devastating photos of exactly where the fakes occurred - many miles from and miles below the Denali summit. Now look here at Stuck's primitive, but authentically powerful pictures and Cookie becomes even more of a joke. All Fred Cook had going for him was compulsive lying coupled with sickening "poetic descriptions" that lulled weak minds. Not so Stuck! His group can be likened to early, primitive "Sir Edmund Hillary" style mountain climbers. Theirs is a thoroughly satisfying expedition that delivered the real photos, data, and supporting descriptions.

This is a brilliant trio of Denali classics that makes one appreciate Washburn's extraordinary efforts to nail that coffin shut by providing a context to understand why Belmore Browne was so offended with the Fred fraud. Denali is a magnificent natural wonder; Cook's self-serving exploitation of Mt. McKinley was like a dog taking a poop on a rare Persian carpet. Thankfully there were men of character, men with the determination of Browne and Stuck, who sought the reward of reaching that summit in the clouds.

Hats off to everyone who worked on producing this excellent publishing effort. While Washburn nailed the coffin, this book makes you want to grab your own hammer & nails to whack in a few more for good measure. Fun reading, excellent browsing, this is the ultimate reference companion on Denali. Bravo!!! Bravo!!!

What a great book! Best I can tell, this is the only history of Denali available. This book is full of the history of not only Denali, but also early Alaska and the Park Service. There are page after page of vintage photographs and maps. The text reads smoothly and quickly and amazes at every page. I thought that Denali might be our most special National Park--now I know that it is.

Erwin and Peggy Bauer's Denali provides a stunningly beautiful portrait of the park by two wildlife photographers. An essay describes the park's history but it's the photos which captivate in this small but powerful offering.

Packed with fun, facts, photos and lots of interesting insights, this book is a wealth of historical highlights and current information. A great blend of keep-you-smiling cartoons and wonderful photographs of the Alaskan adventure lead you through the text. I found it to be a treasure map for discovering Alaska while I was there. My kids also had fun looking through it. Their favorite cartoon was of Alaska's state bird...the mosquito! Enjoyable, entertaining and informative.

I love to read Insight Guides before I take a trip, and the Alaskan Wilderness guide is the perfect refrence book to sort out all the places and activities that you want to do before arriving in Alaska. Although I like to supplement the Insight Guide with other guidebooks for additional local information, I think that the Insight Guide is the best for an overview of natural history, expert advice, geographical information, enchanting photographs, and excellent travel tips. When I picked up Alaskan Wilderness, it met my expectations of other Insight Guides. If you want to know more about Alaska before you take off - I highly recommend this book!