One man's wilderness : an Alaskan odyssey / by Sam Keith ; from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke.
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TextPublication details: Ankorage : Alaska Northwest Books, 2013.Description: 224 p. : col. ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN: - 9780882409429
- 0882409425
- Proenneke, Richard
- Proenneke, Richard -- Diaries
- Pioneers -- United States -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Kodiak Island) -- Diaries
- Twin Lakes Region (Kodiak Island, Alaska) -- Description and travel
- Twin Lakes Region (Kodiak Island, Alaska) -- Pictorial works
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Kodiak Island)
- Wilderness survival -- United States -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Kodiak Island)
- Alaska -- Biography
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This best-selling memoir from Richard Proenneke's journals and with firsthand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man . . . to roam a wilderness through which few other humans has passed . . . to choose an idyllic site, cut trees by hand, and build a log cabin. . . to be self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available...to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts, dreams and company. Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. This book is a moving account of the day-to-day explorations and activities Dick carried out alone....alone in the wilderness...and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company.
"To live in a pristine land, unchanged by man; to roam a wilderness through which few other humans pass; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available; to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company. Thousands have had such dreams but Richard Proenneke lived them. He found a place, built a cabin and stayed to become part of the country. [This] is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company"--Publisher's description.