Ice Blue Eyes Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Walden, Ron
$17.95
Tragedy met two Seattle bankers kayaking in Prince William Sound in Southcentral Alaska. One of the men was killed by falling ice while the other video-taped the event. The banker was the one charged with managing the Alaska Account at SeaFirst Bank in Seattle. Aliana Pedersen, Assistant Director of Finance for the State of Alaska, must now find a replacement. Shortly after the change-over a clerk in the bank discovered irregularities in the account. Trooper Reuben Hayes had become acquainted with all the parties when the first banker was accidentally killed. His investigation leads him to a personal affair with the Deputy Director of Finance and embroils him in a case of bank fraud. Reminiscent of Alaska's Last Bridge to Nowhere politics, the suspected perpetrators are the bank president, the head of the Alaska Account at SeaFirst, and even the Governor of the State of Alaska. Many others become entangled in the case: a local drug dealer, a Mexican Mafia Don, and the FBI. An Alaska who-done-it that lasts through the final page.
Icebound Empire Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Tower, Elizabeth
$19.95
Icebound Empire is about industry and politics on the Last Frontier. It is the epic story of three men caught up in the early twentieth century battle for control of Alaska's land and resources. George Cheever Hazelet, Stephen Birch, and David Henry Jarvis were prime movers in the most ambitious early Alaska development initiative -- the Morgan-Guggenheim Alaska Syndicate. These three men convinced New York investors to provide capital to build the Kennecott copper mines and the Copper river and Northwestern Railway, but opposition from political opportunists, Eastern conservationists and muckraking journalists stifled further industrial development on the last frontier.
In Search of the Tundra Daisy Click Picture of Cover for Larger View White, Craig
$17.95
Disillusioned with life in the city, and spurred on by childhood dreams of adventure and discovery, a young geologist take a chance and moves his family to Alaska during the 1970s' pipeline boom. Awed and humbled by the Great Land and its unpredictable inhabitants--animal and human--he begins a 20-year search for the elusive tundra daisy--a giant oilfield with the potential to put him and his discovery o the map. Unexpectedly, however, this young explorer's search yields more than black gold when he discovers that life's greatest lessons are often learned under difficult circumstances. A mix of harrowing, humorous, and heartwarming true stories, Craig White's Tundra Daisy embodies the spirit of a real Alaskan, and recaptures a bygone era of discovery in the Last Frontier.
In the Light of the Night Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Boylan, Janet
$17.95
In the Light of the Night and Dark of the Day Tales of Alaskans at Work and Play.
Suddenly one ski broke through the ice, and the snow machine threw me and landed on its side in about a foot of overflow. Jan Boylan
I unzipped my jacket and put my arms around Mick to try to save body heat. Bill Churchill
Ashen-faced, the driver rolled down the window and asked, "Did you crash? Is everybody alright?" Evan Swensen There was the caribou ghost, covered with snow, following me. Robert J. Cacy
...a "white tornado" came ripping through the bog and scattered the boards everywhere, driving two-by-fours through the back of the house. Robert Ferrin Gilmore
Our mother was the main hunter in the family, teaching my brothers her many skills. She would hitch up a few dogs to a small sled, dress in her parka, and wolf mukluks, take down her 22rifle or 20 gauge shotgun from the gun rack, and off she'd go for a day of hunting. Rosanna Troseth
In The Footsteps of My Father Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Gebb, Sheldon
$19.95
Live life in the Alaska and the Yukon more than one hundred years ago through my father's diary, which details the hard work, frustrations and horseplay in the development of Guggenheim's mammoth gold dredge mining operation. Ponder his decision to quit a comfortable job as a mining engineer to venture 60 miles east of Dawson City with the King of the Klondike to endure, without fear, the coldest winter on record averaging minus 50 degrees. Question through his words the unsuccessful digging of a mine shaft through frozen ground ending with the comment, "April Fool's Day. We're down 160 feet in the shaft and no gold. April Fools proper-that is what we are. We are up against the fact we can remain no longer. We have no grub." Experience his comical adventures as a bear hunter finally giving up to seek employment at the Kennecott Copper Mine; electing to cross the largest ice fields in North America alone, guided by instinct, with only a woman's robe and a tarp for warmth.
Ingress Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Poll, Mary Ann
$17.95
The dark and cold of an Alaska winter settled over Ravens Cove. To boost the sagging economy, Mayor Thomas Orthell brought in a new tourist attraction—an ancient town abandoned for almost a century. The Forgotten Place is rumored to be cursed and to hold the threat of death for any who enter. Now, the town and its curse have made their way to Ravens Cove. As mysterious deaths, legendary entities, and folklore come to life, the town is hurtled into a spiritual battle with a familiar nemesis.
The lessons learned during the Iconoclast siege are going to be put to the test—along with the small troop of warriors that have been brought back together to learn a better way to fight and defeat a shrewd and dangerous enemy. Inside-out Legal Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Mitton, Andrew
$19.95
Vellum LLC is a new kind of law firm dedicated to designing legal tools and providing legal services that help Alaska's small business owners fulfill their professional calling in life. Inside-out Legal Services is the way it accomplishes this goal.
It's Okay Mom Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Thompson, Linda
$19.95
It's Okay Mom is the true Alaskan story of Linda Thompson, mother of three children, all with challenges. It begins with life in the wilderness of Lake Clark region before her first son is born. Once baby Erik is in her arms, people want her to institutionalize him. When her twins are born, she faces life and death at the hospital. Her husband's job slowly draws him away when they move to the capital, Juneau, and he becomes the Director of Subsistence under Governor Sheffield. The marriage is slowly crushed. Linda returns to the wilderness of Alaska to be a Bush teacher, raising her surviving boys alone, standing by them no matter what. It's Okay Mom is a story of trust, love of family, and triumph over adversity.
Iv'e Got My Gold Pan Click Picture of Cover for Larger View Wilkerson, Norma
$9.95
I've Got My Gold Pan, An Alaska Gold Miner's Ballad, is a delightful story and ballad about the typical gold miner that passed through Alaska in search of gold. They worked hard, were persistent, never stayed in one spot in Alaska very long, but were always filled with hope. I've Got My Gold Pan, An Alaska Gold Miner's Ballad, may be read or sung using expressions of the miner's present condition. It's a story without an end—but it's a happy one. This is a fun book to be enjoyed by everyone again and again.
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