Alaska Reader: Voices from the North

by Anne Hanley (Editor), Carolyn Kremers (Editor)

Other authors: John Active (Contributor), Jean Anderson (Contributor), Alan S. Boraas (Contributor), Sally Carrighar (Contributor), Jerah Chadwick (Contributor) — 44 more, Ann Fox Chandonnet (Contributor), Marjorie Kowalski Cole (Contributor), Kimberley Cornwall (Contributor), Nora Marks Dauenhauer (Contributor), June McGlashan Dirks (Contributor), Joseph Enzweiler (Contributor), Jill Fredston (Contributor), James Greiner (Contributor), John Haines (Contributor), Jay Hammond (Contributor), Sidney Huntington (Contributor), Jenny Masruana Jackson (Contributor), Nick Jans (Contributor), Arlitia Jones (Contributor), Peter Kalifornsky (Contributor), Seth Kantner (Contributor), Carolyn Kremers (Contributor), Natalie Kusz (Contributor), Jack London (Contributor), Nancy Lord (Contributor), Robert Marshall (Contributor), John McPhee (Contributor), John Morgan (Contributor), John Muir (Contributor), Margaret E Murie (Contributor), Richard K. Nelson (Contributor), Phoebe Newman (Contributor), Sheila Nickerson (Contributor), Dan O'Neill (Contributor), Semyon Pan'kov (Contributor), Kim Rich (Contributor), Linda Schandelmeier (Contributor), Robert Service (Contributor), Tom Sexton (Contributor), Peggy Shumaker (Contributor), Sherry Simpson (Contributor), Frank Soos (Contributor), Dana Stabenow (Contributor), Mary TallMountain (Contributor), Spike Walker (Contributor), Velma Wallis (Contributor), Howard Weaver (Contributor), James Wickersham (Contributor), Charles Wohlforth (Contributor)

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More than 1.3 million people visit Alaska each year to experience its unique history, abundant wildlife, diverse cultures, and natural beauty. This book enriches that experience. Here is a collection of authentic voices, oral and written, that depicts Alaska with intelligence, integrity, and authenticity. Encompassing classic and contemporary writers and storytellers-established and new, insiders and outsiders-this anthology includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and oral tradition. Several books that have recently gained national attention are highlighted: Seth Kantner's Ordinary Wolves, Marjo… (more)

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"From Robert Service to Arlitia Jones, this book reveals the range of experiences inspired by living in this great state. Alaska's writers are one of our greatest natural resources." —Charlotte Fox, Executive Director, Alaska State Council on the Arts

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Hanley, Anne	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Kremers, Carolyn	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Active, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Jean	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boraas, Alan S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Carrighar, Sally	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chadwick, Jerah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chandonnet, Ann Fox	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cole, Marjorie Kowalski	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cornwall, Kimberley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dauenhauer, Nora Marks	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dirks, June McGlashan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Enzweiler, Joseph	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fredston, Jill	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greiner, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Haines, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hammond, Jay	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Huntington, Sidney	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Jenny Masruana	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jans, Nick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jones, Arlitia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kalifornsky, Peter	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kantner, Seth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kremers, Carolyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kusz, Natalie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
London, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lord, Nancy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marshall, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McPhee, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Morgan, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Muir, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Murie, Margaret E	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nelson, Richard K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Newman, Phoebe	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Nickerson, Sheila	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
O'Neill, Dan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pan'kov, Semyon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rich, Kim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schandelmeier, Linda	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Service, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sexton, Tom	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shumaker, Peggy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
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To Build a Fire [short story] by Jack London

There is No Word for Goodbye by Mary Tallmountain

Braided River by Peggy Shumaker

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Coming into the Country by John McPhee

A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow

Travels in Alaska by John Muir

Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner

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Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie

Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge by Jill Fredston

Road Song by Natalie Kusz

Working on the Edge: Surviving In the World's Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska's HighSeas by Spike Walker

Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River by Sidney Huntington

Raising Ourselves: A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River by Velma Wallis

Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story by James Greiner

The Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Alaska Wilderness by John Meade Haines

The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change by Charles Wohlforth

Correcting the Landscape by Marjorie Kowalski Cole

Alaska Wilderness: Exploring the Central Brooks Range by Robert Marshall

Johnny's Girl: A Daughter's Memoir of Growing Up in Alaska's Underworld by Kim Rich

Tales of Alaska's Bush Rat Governor: The Extraordinary Autobiography of Jay Hammond Wilderness Guide and Reluctant Polit by Jay S. Hammond

Shadow of the Hunter by Richard K. Nelson

Moonlight at midday by Sally Carrighar

Old Yukon: Tales, Trails, and Trials by James Wickersham

Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace by Frank Soos

Tracks of the Unseen: Meditations on Alaska Wildlife, Landscape, and Photography by Nick Jans

Place of the Pretend People: Gifts from a Yup’ik Eskimo Village by Carolyn Kremers

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More than 1.3 million people visit Alaska each year to experience its unique history, abundant wildlife, diverse cultures, and natural beauty. This book enriches that experience. Here is a collection of authentic voices, oral and written, that depicts Alaska with intelligence, integrity, and authenticity. Encompassing classic and contemporary writers and storytellers-established and new, insiders and outsiders-this anthology includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and oral tradition. Several books that have recently gained national attention are highlighted: Seth Kantner's Ordinary Wolves, Marjo

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More than 1.3 million people visit Alaska each year to experience its unique history, abundant wildlife, diverse cultures, and natural beauty. This book enriches that experience. Here is a collection of authentic voices, oral and written, that depicts Alaska with intelligence, integrity, and authenticity. Encompassing classic and contemporary writers and storytellers—established and new, insiders and outsiders—this anthology includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and oral tradition. Several books that have recently gained national attention are highlighted: Seth Kantner’s Ordinary Wolves, Marjorie Cole’s Correcting the Landscape, and Dan O’Neill’s The Firecracker Boys.Sampler contains:

“Children of Dreamers” from Ordinary Wolves / Seth Kantner
1972: Moving to Alaska to Open a Meat Shop / Arlitia Jones
Snobs / Jean Anderson
Fire / Linda Schandelmeier
From Road Song / Natalie Kusz
From Correcting the Landscape / Marjorie Kowalski Cole
From Johnny’s Girl / Kim Rich
“Taking Risks, Confronting Consequences” from Man Made Cold by the Universe / Sherry Simpson
Quitter / Robert Service
From Coming into the Country / John McPhee
From Old Yukon / James Wickersham
Sign on a Cabin in the Caribou Hills / Arlitia Jones
From Tracks of the Unseen / Nick Jans
From Rowing to Latitude / Jill Fredston
From Wager with the Wind: The Don Sheldon Story / James Greiner
To Build a Fire / Jack London
Transformations: Man Who Swam with Beavers / Nancy Lord
Man Who Spent the Winter with Bears / Jennie Masruana Jackson
Fairy Tale / Sheila Nickerson
Qadanalchen’s Song / Peter Kalifornsky
From Peter Kalifornsky’s Dream / Alan S. Boraas
Entering the Surroundings / Ann Fox Chandonnet
Grandpa Jakwteen in Eclipse / Nora Marks Dauenhauer
What Whales and Infants Know / Kimberley Cornwall
Rowing Toward the Spirit World / Tom Sexton
“Naming and Unnaming” from Alaska Wilderness / Robert Marshall
Grandmama’s Visit / June McGlashan Dirks
From Place of the Pretend People: Gifts from a Yup’ik Eskimo Village / Carolyn Kremers
Not to Talk Bad of the Weather / Jerah Chadwick
From Stars, the Snow, the Fire / John Haines
Cross Talk / Nora Marks Dauenhauer
There is No Word for Goodbye / Mary TallMountain
What to Bring for the Next Century / Joseph Enzweiler
Finding Self and Spirit: Homestead / John Haines
from Travels in Alaska / John Muir
Braided River / Peggy Shumaker
Why Subsistence is a Matter of Cultural Survival: Yup’ik Point of View / John Active
December: For Spirit / John Morgan
From Bamboo Fly Rod Suite: Reflections on Fishing and the Geography of Grace / Frank Soos
Feminine and Masculine Unbound: Nawalaskam Agagaa: Woman of Ounalashka / Jerah Chadwick
From Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World’s Most Dangerous Profession: King Crab Fishing on Alaska’s High Seas / Spike Walker
Harry / Phoebe Newman
From Raising Ourselves / Velma Wallis
Love Song / Semyon Pan’kov
From Shadows on the Koyukuk / Sidney Huntington
From Cold Day for Murder / Dana Stabenow
“Alaska as a Parable for the Future” from Firecracker Boys / Dan O’Neill
From Whale and the Supercomputer / Charles Wohlforth
From Moonlight at Midday / Sally Carrighar
From Shadow of the Hunter / Richard K. Nelson
Last Wolf / Mary TallMountain
From Two in the Far North / Margaret E. Murie
From Tales of Alaska’s Bush Rat Governor: Extraordinary Autobiography of Jay Hammond, Wilderness Guide and Reluctant Politician / Jay Hammond
Requiem for the Arctic Refuge / John Haines
Next Chapter / Howard Weaver
For the Sake of the Light / Tom Sexton
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