Way Out Here

Modern Life in Ice-Age Alaska

By Leo, Richard

Publishers Summary:
Homesteading in Alaska is quite an experience, and Richard Leo uses a perceptive, reflective, humorous narrative to tell about his log cabin deep in the Susitna Valley woodland. Not surprisingly, weather rules, with 25 feet of snow and 100-degrees-below-zero winter blizzards. Leo talks about 4,000 square miles of spruce and birch at his doorstep, the adrenaline rush of dog-sledding, contemplative summer treks, dragonflies lighting on his shoulder, almost finding gold, and why talking to dogs is easier and more productive than trying to talk to a 2-year-old.

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ISBN
978-1-57061-061-5
Publisher
Sasquatch Books


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Reviewed on April 1, 1996

After considerable success with his previous book, Edges of the Earth (LJ 9/1/91), Leo continues to explore the Alaskan wilderness. His 15 years' experience in the North provide the basis for a variety of entertaining stories that are flowi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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