The beauty of this book is in the photograghs! Herbon does well to use a simple, interesting text, which includes just enough history to make the pictures come alive, but not too much where you will lose interest. The photos speak a thousand words!

I would have enjoyed some photos from more parts of the Park from the ground. Most photos were strictly from the air or in Kennicott or McCarthy. Since I am planning a backcountry trip there in Aug 2000 I would have enjoyed pictures from the areas that hikers are venturing to.

I would recomend the book for anyone planning to vistit McCarthy/ Kennicott and the Wrangell/ St. Elias Natl. Park.

If you are tired of having obscurely ragged text posing as poetry, you'll like Jack Whitman's book, POETIC INJUSTICE. He hasn't forgotten that articles (a, an, the) are parts of English speech, along with other words that make sense in normal conversation. He organizes them all into endearing rhythm and rhyme so personal they grab you and don't let go. I've never been to Alaska, but my imagination was pushed and prodded "north 65 latitude degrees" so that during that one sitting with his book (cover to cover) I was there.

I was there, man, freezing and itching and stinging from the biting flies and mosquitoes, flogging frozen fog at Iditerod, fishing for reds and silvers and kings, soaring over glaciated rivers, working in the villages with my hands while working the bush with my mind, and loving every moment from my easy chair here in Virginia. A fun book. And I loved continuously chuckling and even was surprised by several real belly laughs, all too rare experiences for me these days. If you'd like a mental flight with a cynical comic to the rugged Alaska outdoors, you'll like this book.

This is a comprehensive 931 page indexed scientific publication consisting of the results of investigations largely supported by the EXXON Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council. The Council consists of representatives from various federal and Alaska State entities. The work is edited by S.D. Rice, R.B. Spies, D.A. Wolf, and B.A. Wright, who also co-author the introductory paper. The work consists of roughly 60 papers grouped in the topics of Fate and Toxity, Intertidal, Treatment Effects, Subtidal, Herring, Salmon, Other Fish, Birds, Mammals, Archaeology, Subsistence, and Human Impacts. Absent are investigations sponsored by EXXON Corp. and a few sponsored by private plaintiffs. EXXON presented most of its sponsored investigations in a separate ASTM Symposium. All in all the work is comprehensive, but for many of the investigations, the work was conducted simply too soon to reach scientifically definitive conclusions regarding cause and effect. Fortunately many of the authors were able to not let the perfect be the enemy of the good, and did not ignore the obvious.

I follow the Iditarod and live in Alaska. I found the information in this book to be factual. I would recommend this book for older students needing to write a report. It would be a good reference. It is also a good source of general information on the Iditarod, that is enhanced with colored photographs. One area I especially liked was concerning the role of Leonard Seppala and his dog Togo in the diptheria serum relay to Nome. The Warner Brothers cartoon movie about Balto, has given children a somewhat erroneous idea of who the real hero was in this serum run and the true details of all that went on. Someone wanting to write an authoritive research report on this subject should definitely want to have the correct information that this book contains.

this is the second collection of short stories I've read by miller. loved his wit and insight. waiting for more to come out.

My one-line summary is taken from _Alaska Flyer's_ review of this book--they certainly know more about the facts than I do! I can only say that I found this book to be engaging and fun to read. It's a real shame that it's out of print!

Sue Henry knows how to keep a good mystery going without losing her audience. At the same time, she is able to weave true Alaskan scenery and high adventure into the tale while painting a true-to-life canvas of the Northern lifestyle. "Sleeping Lady" keeps the reader guessing up to the very end -- not a boring page from cover to cover. After reading quite a few of Henry's books, it's always a pleasure to know that she continues to surprise and delight with her knowledge and awe of our beautiful 49th state.

I like the book. As an author of a companion book, Day by Day to Alaska, I say this book is another view. In fact Terdahl gives us five views of different skippers' experiences going in a small boat to Alaska. In my book I give my two views going to Alaska at different times. Both books emphasize important items the other doesn't. Between the two books, anyone wanting to go to Alaska in small boat will find some very real expectations and how to be prepared for such a trip. Terdal has some great pictures in the book and shares some of his conversations with some interesting people along the way.

The Stikene River careens through northern British Columbia past magnificent mountains, cutting canyons deeper, carrying salmon to the Pacific and tossing adventurous kayakers high over its rapids. In years past, it was a primary trade route for the natives of the area, and was instrumental transporting miners during the Yukon Gold Rush. However, all of these facts, so well detailed in this volume, are nothing in comparison to the photographs of a harsh and stunningly beautiful land. The brute strength of the enormous quantity of water, the utter isolation of the still largely unexplored costal mountains and the breathtaking vistas are the images that you will be left with. With those images will be a nostalgia of a life you may have had 20,000 years ago and the desire to sell all your belongings to finance your next exploration.

This is an autobiography of a fascinating Alaskan who, among other things, was also a US Marine, a bush pilot, a fisherman and Governor of the State. Jay has a clever, self-deprecating and iconoclastic view of Alaska and Alaska politics. He was truly a unique cross of being a conservative with paradoxically strong liberal stances on the environment and "development" in general. Jay was governor during one of the most polarized times in Alaska's history so you can be sure he had his detractors as well as his loyalists. The book is fortunately not all about his tenure as Governor; his earlier years as a trapper and guide were equally interesting to this reviewer. This book is an easy read and will leave you smiling. If only we could all have such a rich life.