There are so many titles of Alaska adventure to read and so little time! One of my favorite times of a winter day is settling into my rocker next to a roaring woodstove early in the morning. The guests have not awakened yet, the generator is not on, the early weather report is in, all the coffee pots are freshly filled. My Petzl headlite has fresh batteries. It is utterly quiet. Now is the time to read!
I am about half way through a book written early in the 20th century by Archdeacon Hudson Stuck. It is titled Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Team. It is a story written with passion for Alaska wilderness, the Alaskan native population, and of course his missionary work. His descriptions of early morning alpen-glow on the Kobuk mountains, the trials of trail breaking at 50 below zero, and his acute observations of white-native cultural interaction keep the reader fascinated over every page. This is certainly an Alaskan classic.
Some of my other favorites are:
Coming Into the Country - John McPhee
Gathering Paradise - Larry Rice
Two in the Far North - Margaret Murie
Ascent of Denali - Hudson Stuck
Tordrillo Mountains - Rodman Wilson and Paul Crews, Sr.
Wager with the Wind - Hal Greiner
