From the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930's through the Battle of Iwo Jima to the settling of Alaska, this book is filled with the sights and sounds of an entire generation. Mr. Rhodes was born into poverty, earned a Purple Heart for wounds on Iwo Jima, and lived the Alaskan dream. Pathos and hilarity, mixed with tragedy and triumph make this book a must reading for fans of "Saving Private Ryan", "The Greatest Generation", et. al.

This book is a great look into fair chase hunting, focusing on the polar bear hunting of days past. These pilots operated under severe conditions and survived many close calls. True sourdoughs, they demonstrated many of the qualities that built this great land. I admit this is a biased review since it was written by my grandmother about my grandfather. This is her 3rd book, all written after age 85. I just had to brag on them a bit but I do recommend this book for anyone who enjoys flying small planes, hunting, or pioneers.

This terrific little book tells a mix of traditional folktales and the author's own experiences as an Inupiat Eskimo of Northwest Alaska. Paul Green lived from the end time of the traditional Eskimo culture ca. 1900 into the 1970s and seems to have been cheerfully comfortable and confident in both. A plus: the book is written in Village English, the curious and charming dialect spoken by older Alaska Natives all over the state, even today. Another plus: sketches by George Ahgupuk, a famous Eskimo pen-and-ink artist.

Ms. Stamm took me back to a boyhood time in my life. When my family, the fields around our home and my school were all that encompassed my life. Her characters realize an awareness of the frugality of our environment as seen through their young eyes.

I truly enjoyed reading this short, but fun filled story.

We used this book to supplement our Alaska unit in social studies and science before our Iditarod Sled Dog Race unit. It gave us all great information about the people of Alaska before 1959. The content led to many other science topics and discussions. We highly recommend this book!

"In Search of Gold" is a plainly written tale of a Minnesota pharmacist who is lured to the Copper River Valley of Alaska by the promise of gold. His dream is to eventually take his sour-faced wife to Paris and live happily ever after on his findings. But he was lucky to survive Alaska's Copper River Gold Rush of 1898. For one thing, there wasn't any gold. And the hardships of a totally unknown wilderness were almost enough to kill him. In 1898, many writers wrote in a flowery style that's hard to decipher nowadays. But Horace Conger is wonderfully concrete. This book was put together by his descendents, and is a classic in Alaska Gold Rush history.

Dr.Joseph Teskey in his book on Tabanidae gives strong descriptive drawings and instructions for identification of tabanidae in Alaska;allowing the scientist to notice or create statistical studies on variation and evolution of species

What an amazing woman. Ruther Gruber is interviewed on BookTV.org. Don't miss the book or the interview!

Insight Guides Alaska is a wonderful book to own if you're dreaming of or are about to visit America's "Final Frontier". Covering Alaska from the Panhandle to the Arctic...from The Interior to the Aleutian Islands. In this book you will find interesting facts on Alaska's history and view beautiful color pictures--which more than convince you to see this place someday.

This book covers the major "cities" of Alaska...and offers a quiet retreat. While I read it I listened to some peaceful music--as if I was on a vacation.

Co-written by anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan (who has lived with and written about Inupiaq and Yupik peoples for almost 30 years), Alaskan Native American Susie Silook, and Alaska native language expert Lawrence D. Kaplan, Inupiaq And Yupik People Of Alaska is an informed and informative survey of Inupiaq and Yupik Native American communities as they strive and struggle to stay in touch with traditional means of survival and values in a world increasingly cluttered with intrusive modern technology. Gorgeous full-color photographs illustrate this striking account, which is highly recommended for university and community library Native American reference collections and reading lists.