Three young men head up Alaska's Mt. Hunter with insufficient food and equipment. The terrain is difficult and the weather horrible. Naturally, an epic results... This is a hard book to find and generally expensive when one does find it, but it's well worth looking for.

Mary is a very colorful writer. She used adequate words that left the reader with a complete sense of what was what. This was also a factual and yet humorous childrens book. I am deeply surprised she hasnt gotten any awards.

Mr. Satterfield's guide to the Chilkoot has the ring of authenticity: a reader is convinced that he has been over every inch of the trail. It is well-written and thorough, and offers the right blend of historical minutia (though not so detailed as Pierre Berton's writing) and practical hiking advice. My own copy is well-worn from many Chilkoot miles.

Spit into two major divisions, the first is a factual/research basis for the pre-contact medical tradition in Alaska. Very dry reading but great source for information as well as leads to other references. The second half of the book is intriguing and makes use of many first hand accounts of disease vectors and time-lines.

I personally have just finsihed a course in college with the author Craig Mishler. I also completed a project by going to an Athapaskan Fiddling festival and that is when I read the Crooked Stovepipe. This book goes in great detail about Athapaskan fiddlers and dancers and there orgin. The author went to every village mentioned in the book and took notes and made observations. The author is a white man and has no realtion to the alaska natives which is intersting to recieve the observations from a white man. Mishler focused on the Upper river style of Athapaskan music and just slighty touched upn the down river music. This book is a great read and very interseting. It is intersting because it shows us that fiddling is not only down in Nashville on the Grand Ole Opry but it is done in many different cultures and parts of the world. For each culture there is there own style of music.

This is a very good book about different teams in the Alaska Baseball League. In talks about each team and their players and also talks of the history of the league.

Beautiful visuals and a lucid, entertaining account of an amazing ecosystem make this a perfect gift for curious young minds.

I enjoyed this book. It made me want to go right out on the South Platte River southwest of Denver and start fishing. Mr. Thomas is a good writer who knows how to convey the excitement of fishing. I could identify with some of his stories. At points I found myself thinking: I've been there or done that. The only thing that put me off about this book was the very faint tinge of high-falutinism that comes through. What I mean is I get the feeling that I couldn't afford to go on most of the trips he takes. I wish someone would write a book about fishing the places close to home, the small waters, that most of us can get to. But, that was my only complaint. Otherwise, I liked the book. I learned some things about technique, even though this isn't a how-to book.

Since Alaska became a state in 1959, it has largely been ignored by the continental forty-eight states. The largest state in the Union, it sits quietly, noticed primarily by travelers who are called to its rugged natural beauty, and by investors and workers who are lured by the promise of oil or gold or fish. Over the past four decades, environmentalists have fought to protect whales and wolves and ecosystems from pollution and destruction, while businesspeople have struggled to find and make use of the abundant resources Alaska offers.

Inevitably, conflicts have arisen-these two groups have mutually exclusive needs and wants for the State, and they have been equally passionate about supporting their causes. ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN ALASKA traces the history of these conflicts, and shows how Alaska's developing environmental movements and regulations have influenced the rest of the United States.

The book is readable, and full of fascinating stories of beleaguered officials, and plucky citizens who learn to form effective organizations. There are heroes and villains, but the tone is always respectful and fair. It is all grounded in solid research, and the stories are supported with dozens of helpful photographs, maps and tables. Ross has done his homework, and the result is a thorough and reliable study.

For many young citizens of the United States today, the debate over George W. Bush's plan to permit drilling for oil in Alaska is a brand new debate. My college students were born well after the Alaska Pipeline was laid, and the Exxon Valdez spill happened while they were in elementary school. For the most part, they picture Alaska as a pristine wilderness, dotted here and there with isolated log cabins. It's so vast as to be limitless, and they don't understand why some people make a fuss over poking a few holes in one corner of it. ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT IN ALASKA will do its most important work if it reaches this generation of readers, providing them a sense of the history and the community that has brought us to today's debate.

A well documented description of the pace and extent of Russian and American exploration in Alaska. The book focuses on reason of growth and lack thereof in the region in the 19th century. Sherwood also explains the difference in growth from the American 'western movement.' Alaskan history is very interesting. If you are at all interested in exploration or the American frontier and its writings, visit this book.