Smelcer boils his views down into a collection of tightly composed poems that convey the Native American experience through brief vignettes that are at turns political, spiritual, angry, celebratory, tragic, comic and, at all times, gripping. Its quite the work.
Together, the five volumes and 2,000 pages of 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' are neither an academic nor a comprehensive history of Alaska, but it is an entertaining and accessible account of the people who have called it home.
Together, the five volumes and 2,000 pages of 'Aunt Phil's Trunk' are neither an academic nor a comprehensive history of Alaska, but it is an entertaining and accessible account of the people who have called it home.
The mystery of what happened to the Franklin expedition has haunted Arctic history since? 1848.
The mystery of what happened to the Franklin expedition has haunted Arctic history since? 1848.
Despite record-setting races in the Iditarod Trail Invitational and the White Mountains 100, Heather Best and Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks insist their main interest is riding for fun -- so long as a little adventure is sprinkled in.
Despite record-setting races in the Iditarod Trail Invitational and the White Mountains 100, Heather Best and Jeff Oatley of Fairbanks insist their main interest is riding for fun -- so long as a little adventure is sprinkled in.
The steadily lengthening ice-free season has left the Sarichef Island shorelines exposed to storms that themselves are aggravated by climate change, speeding the pace of erosion and consistently thwarting efforts at maintaining the ground beneath the town.
The steadily lengthening ice-free season has left the Sarichef Island shorelines exposed to storms that themselves are aggravated by climate change, speeding the pace of erosion and consistently thwarting efforts at maintaining the ground beneath the town.
Both books provide what crime readers want: quick tales with flawed but decent heroes, people with pasts they cant escape, a few plot twists and a handy resolution, all set in locations that help drive the stories. Alaska again proves itself prime geography for fictional killings.
Both books provide what crime readers want: quick tales with flawed but decent heroes, people with pasts they cant escape, a few plot twists and a handy resolution, all set in locations that help drive the stories. Alaska again proves itself prime geography for fictional killings.
On the second page of Chuck Sassaras Alaska, the author slams his plane into the snow on the Anchorage side of Merrill Pass en route from Bethel. The 1976 incident left Sassara and his passenger unhurt but stranded, unsure if they would be rescued.
