Posts Tagged ‘Alaska’
The Bentwood Box, by Nan McNutt
The Bentwood Box, by Nan McNutt Chris, a contemporary 14 yr. old Native American Tlingit boy, apprentices with his uncle who is designing and making a traditional northern Northwest Coast bentwood box. In the process of helping with the box, Chris has an adventure, which changes the course of his life. Nan’s McNutt’s introduction to…
Read MoreThe Button Blanket, by Nan McNutt
The Button Blanket, by Nan McNutt Anne, a young contemporary Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) girl, is going to dance in the ceremonial house for the first time. But who will help make her button blanket robe to dance in? Who will design the special family crest for her robe? As she asks each member of her family,…
Read MoreThe Cedar Plank Mask, by Nan McNutt
The Cedar Plank Mask, by Nan McNutt Michael, a contemporary Makah boy from the west coast of Washington State, takes a museum field trip with his classmates to learn about Northwest Coast Native American masks and, especially, the West coast style of the Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth peoples. Little does he know that Grandpa has a…
Read MoreDeath Trap, by Sue Henry
Death Trap, by Sue Henry Recovering from knee surgery that will cause her to miss the upcoming dogsled racing season, champion “musher” Jessie Arnold feels empty and bored—so she grabs an opportunity to fill her days manning the Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair. But murder becomes an attraction here as well—an especially brutal…
Read MoreBeneath the Ashes, by Sue Henry
Beneath the Ashes, by Sue Henry In the lingering chill of the early Alaskan spring, famed “musher” Jessie Arnold confronts the charred remains of a favorite local pub, destroyed by a suspicious blaze that claimed an innocent, unsuspecting life. This lull between racing seasons is meant to be a time of grueling training and conditioning…
Read MoreGuide to the Notorious Bars of Alaska, by Doug Vandegraft
New, revised second edition! Since A Guide to the Notorious Bars of Alaska (250 pages) was first published in 2014, eight of the bars that were described in the first edition have since closed their doors forever. The revised second edition includes five additional bars that meet the criteria. Also added to the second edition are regional…
Read MoreFireweed, by Nellie Buxton Picken
Ed McLauren has fought his whole life: to build the Lazy Ear ranch, to pass responsible range management legislation, and to expose the unscrupulous and greedy developers who seek to rob the N’Chi-lix-czin of their birthright. In Fireweed (286 pages), Ed perseveres to speaks out in favor of controlled brush-burning to unwilling ears, while discomfited…
Read MoreWhat Happened in Craig, by Leland E. Hale
On a foggy afternoon in September of 1982 the Investor, a salmon fishing vessel, was engulfed in flames near the tiny village of Craig, Alaska. All efforts to stop the blaze were repulsed by the heat and fury of fire–until the blaze had run its course. Eight people, including a pregnant woman and two small…
Read MoreThe Flight of the Arctic Tern, by Constance Helmericks
In June of 1947, Alaskan adventurers, Constance and Bud Helmericks, returned to the arctic wilderness in their first airplane. Originally published in 1952, Connie’s fifth book, The Flight of the Arctic Tern (342 pages), chronicles their lives from constructing a log cabin in the Brooks Range to flying the Arctic coast in search of their Inuit…
Read MoreDown the Wild River North, by Constance Helmericks
In suburban Arizona, 1964, Connie Helmericks announced to her two daughters, 12-year-old Ann and 14-year-old Jean, “We’re going to make a canoe expedition to the Arctic Ocean.” And for two successive summers, that’s exactly what they did. Down the Wild River North (328 pages) is the vividly told story of their adventures in the remote northern reaches…
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