Pursuing Alaska's Untamed

By Douglas C. Myers, PhD
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Published: Nov. 23, 2009
Words: 32107 (approximate)
Language: English

Ebook short description

An adventure action-travel illustrated ebook by Alaskan author Doug Myers. Each chapter is a separate personal account of remote Alaska's Native hospitality, scenic landscapes, sport fishing excursions, and wildlife encounters. The personal experience narrative and color photos provide a virtual trip to America's treasured 'Last Frontier', and for some a vicarious realization of an elusive dream.

Extended description

PURSUING ALASKA'S UNTAMED is an outdoor travel adventure digital book written by Alaskan author Doug Myers, adventurer, philosopher, and sport fisherman. The book illustrates with personal narrative and photos Alaska's greatest and most cherished resource - the spirit of adventure.

It is written for the outdoor enthusiast. Various wild discovery episodes provide windows for the reader to view the magic in wilderness pleasures. Each chapter is a separate intimate account of remote Alaska's Native hospitality, scenic landscapes, and wildlife encounters.

The 'Foreword' is authored by Colonel Norman D. Vaughan, adventurer-explorer, and member of the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition. A brief bio of his illustrious life is included.... (Read more) PURSUING ALASKA'S UNTAMED is an outdoor travel adventure digital book written by Alaskan author Doug Myers, adventurer, philosopher, and sport fisherman. The book illustrates with personal narrative and photos Alaska's greatest and most cherished resource - the spirit of adventure.

It is written for the outdoor enthusiast. Various wild discovery episodes provide windows for the reader to view the magic in wilderness pleasures. Each chapter is a separate intimate account of remote Alaska's Native hospitality, scenic landscapes, and wildlife encounters.

The 'Foreword' is authored by Colonel Norman D. Vaughan, adventurer-explorer, and member of the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition. A brief bio of his illustrious life is included.

To read PURSUING ALASKA'S UNTAMED is to take a virtual trip to America's 'last frontier', where wild remains a guarded treasure experienced by a fortunate few. For some it provides the vicarious realization of an elusive dream. Color photos enhance the adventure experience.

The writing includes visits with Native friends at their subsistence fish camp site at the edge of a designated 'wild and scenic' river within the Bristol Bay Region of Southwest Alaska. Also included are excursion trips to distant areas along the Bering Sea, Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island, and less remote Kenai Peninsula. From ancient privilege to the running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, from wildlife observations to sport fishing highlights, the book is about Alaska's heart and soul.

Each chapter is photo illustrated, and a reference link is available for viewing additional photos from the companion hard copy. A link is also available for viewing photos of oil paintings by the author that depict his experiences in pursuing Alaska's scenic and wildlife treasure, the untamed.

The book's contents include: Spirit of Adventure (Prologue), Katmai's Other Eruption (Best and Worst of the Alaska Dream), Message of Goodnews (Promised Land), Seeking Subsistence (Ancient Privilege), River Wildlife Potpourri (Adventures of Father and Son), Streams of Dreams (Alaska Peninsula's Silver-Lining), Sourdough Legacy (Prospecting Harbinger Herring), Island Extreme (Emerald Gem in Alaska's Gulf), Highway to Heaven (From Hope to Heaven's Gate), Dogged Determination (Heart and Soul of Alaska), Unity in Diversity (Winter's Allure and Summer's Prolific Embrace), Surviving the Surreal (Moose Twin's Torment), and A Last Frontier (Pleasure's Freedom Song).

For those seeking a more adventurous life, the feeling of freshness in new discovery will accompany the reading of PURSUING ALASKA'S UNTAMED.
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