Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
Strange Stories of Alaska and the Yukon, by Ed Ferrell
From the pages of early-day northern newspapers comes a startling collection of accounts of the extraordinary and the unexplained: Mammoths discovered frozen whole in the icy grip of a glacier. A tropical valley hidden deep in the wilderness. Sea serpents sighted off the Bering Sea Coast. A ghostly maiden’s endless search for the young miner…
Read MoreIditarod Classics, by Lew Freedman
Blinding blizzards. Freezing wind. Paralyzing cold temperatures. Iditarod Classics by Lew Freedman (136 pages) is the stunning record of the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; a race across the nation’s most forbidding, demanding, and dangerous territory. Competitors must be resourceful, rugged, and resilient. Often they must make life and death choices. These are the…
Read MoreDeadfall, by Sue Henry
Deadfall, by Sue Henry Iditarod musher Jessie Arnold is being stalked and terrorized by an anonymous enemy. First, one of her sled dogs is badly injured in a steel trap and an ominous note leaves no doubt that the trap was set with malicious intent. Threatening phone calls and unsigned messages follow—pressing Alaska State Trooper…
Read MoreAlaska’s Deadly Dozen, by Tom Brennan
Alaska’s Deadly Dozen, by Tom Brennan Alaska’s Deadly Dozen is a collection of twelve compelling true crime stories, notorious murder cases in the modern history of our northernmost state. It covers the gamut from a serial rapist who decides he has been making a mistake by letting his victims live and develops a hunter’s scheme…
Read MoreMurder on the Yukon Quest, by Sue Henry
Murder on the Yukon Quest, by Sue Henry Jessie and her team of dogs are competing in the toughest dog sled race in the world—the Yukon Quest. Alone in the vast white wilderness, she’s suddenly facing a danger worse than anything Nature has to offer. A young novice racer she met at the start of…
Read MoreTermination Dust, by Sue Henry
Termination Dust, by Sue Henry Alaska is a great place to visit… and a bad place to die It is said that when the first snow of early winter—the “termination dust”—starts to fall, it’s time for visitors to leave Alaska’s wonders behind. For some, it’s already too late. Jim Hampton’s Yukon vacation takes a turn…
Read MoreOuthouses of Alaska, by Harry M. Walker
Outhouses of Alaska, by Harry M. Walker Ever wonder why outhouses are marked with a crescent moon or how you survive a visit to an outhouse at 40 below? What do you do when you find yourself sharing an outhouse with a bear? The answers to questions you might not even know you wanted to…
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