What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska


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Edward Abbey, who never much liked Alaska, called it "our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state." To others, it has been a cure for despair. When the author moved to Fairbanks more than three decades ago, he was a cheechako, a subarctic tenderfoot. Gathering skills and experiences the hard way, he attained "Sourdough" status while realizing there would always be more to learn, see, and do in the land of midnight sun and auroras.

En route, Engelhard suffered frostbite, stubborn yaks, grizzly charges, trophy hunters, cold-water immersion, heartbreak, incontinent raptors, one pesky squirrel, and honeymooners from abroad. He tried to rescue a raven and explored Arctic dunes and a glacier's blue heart, and his own, as he mingled with caribou on their epic journeys.



Author: Michael Engelhard
Publisher: Hancock House
Published: 08/01/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d
ISBN13: 9780888398000
ISBN10: 088839800X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Memoirs
- Nature | Ecology
- Nature | Essays

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