Anchorage Daily News

West of the Yukon

By Del Malkie (PublishAmerica, $16.95)

The blurb: "Del Malkie was city editor of the Anchorage Daily News and pioneered broadcast news in the 1950s when the Great Land was still a rollicking territory, joyfully too immature yet for statehood. He claims most of the stories are mostly true ... only the names have been changed to protect the not-so-innocent."

Excerpt: "Loaded with his camera and a tape recorder from the local radio station, he was the first newsman invited by the Air Force for a 'familiarization' flight out of Elmendorf Air Force Base, a sprawling home for these fighters and scores of other planes operating in the southern section of Alaska territory."

Rivers Book 3 Unknown Trails

By Mike Dillingham (Publication Consultants, $13.95)

The blurb: "Race to Nome with Rivers and the team ... as they raise funds to rebuild the earthquake-ravaged orphanage. Ride the runners as Lakota deals with cancer, Mike suffers amnesia, and a shady land developer hires snowmachiners who are hellbent on stopping them all from reaching Nome."

Excerpt: "Mike told us to stand tall and gave us the command to start running down the trail. Lakota told me the trail was clear. There were no trees down or anything blocking our way. The snow was good and allowed Mike to run us at top speed to the orphanage. As we were getting close to the orphanage, I heard the sound of children crying."

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