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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, Krakauer searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled 24-year-old Chris McCandless to leave civilization behind and head into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Four months later, McCandless'... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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One Man's Wilderness (03 Edition) by Richard Proenneke Publisher Comments To live in a pristine land . . . roam the wilderness . . . build a home. . . . Thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. Here is a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum Staff Pick Not to be missed by fans of history, Blum's tale of the Klondike Gold Rush reads like the best fiction. A lively narrative populated with a colorful cast of characters, the allure of Alaska and her gold comes across as a wild adventure story that offers... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen Staff Pick I read Winterdance while camping in the mountains of eastern Oregon when it was cold, very cold (though I was snug and warm in my sleeping bag), but I was glad to not be experiencing the Arctic climes in the book. Gary Paulsen describes cold and snow the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Walking Home: A Traveler in the Alaskan Wilderness, a Journey Into the Human Heart by Lynn Schooler Publisher Comments Lynn Schooler had recently lost a dear friend and was feeling his marriage slipping away from him when he set out on a daring journey-first by boat, then on foot-into the Alaskan wilderness to clear his head. His solo expedition, recounted in Walking... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska by Hank Lentfer Publisher Comments Faith of Cranes weaves together three parallel narratives: the plight and beauty of sandhill cranes, one man's effort to recover hope amid destructive climate change, and the birth of a daughter. Hank Lentfer listened to cranes passing over his home in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Two Old Women an Alaska Legend of Betray by Velma Wallis Publisher Comments Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River area in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In a Far Country: The True Story of a Mission, a Marriage, a Murder, and the Remarkable Reindeer Rescue of 1898 by John Taliaferro Publisher Comments In the fall of 1897, eight whaling ships became trapped in the ice on Alaska's northern coast. Without relief, two hundred whalers would starve to death by winter's end. Mercifully, an extraordinary missionary, Tom Lopp, and seven Eskimo herders embarked... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures) by Jonathan Raban From Powells.com "I had a boat, most of a spring and summer, a cargo of books, and the kind of dream of self-enrichment that spurs everyone who sails north from Seattle," explains Jonathan Raban at the outset of his journey along the Inside Passage from... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness by James Campbell Publisher Comments Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve out a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles Korth's amazing life and adventures, creating a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Publisher Comments In a compelling book that evokes the writings of Thoreau, Muir, and Jack London, Krakauer recounts the haunting and tragic mystery of 22-year-old Chris McCandless who disappeared in April 1992 into the Alaskan wilderness in search of a raw, transcendent... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska by Heather Lende Publisher Comments Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air— and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace, and funerals are community affairs... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fifty Miles From Tomorrow (08 Edition) by William L. Iggiagruk Hensley Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE Born twenty-nine miles north of the arctic circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was raised to live the seminomadic life that his Iñupiaq ancestors had lived for thousands of years. In this... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Alaska National Interest Lands: D-2 Lands by Alaska Geographic Publisher Comments Alaska Geographic is an award-winning series that presents the people, places, and wonders of Alaska to the world. Over the past 30 years, Alaska Geographic has earned its reputation as the publication for those who love Alaska. The series boasts more... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wilderness by Rockwell Kent Publisher Comments A new paperback edition of Kent's first book, often referred to as "Alaska's Walden."... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alaska's Inside Passage by Kim Heacox Publisher Comments Exquisitely captured, luminous photographs pay homage to the world's largest sheltered inland waterway. An enthralling treasure for all time.... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska by Corey Ford Publisher Comments Author Corey Ford documents the moving story of naturalist Georg Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explorer Vitus Bering.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury Publisher Comments In 1925, a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. The life-saving serum was a thousand miles away, and a blizzard was brewing. Airplanes could not fly in such conditions: only the dogs could do it. Racing against death, twenty... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alaska Bear Tales by Larry Kaniut Publisher Comments "Alaska Bear Tales" is a best-selling collection of edge-of-your-seat accounts of true-life encounters with bears in Alaska.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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