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The final frontiersman : Heimo Korth and his family, alone in Alaska's arctic wilderness  Cover Image Book Book

The final frontiersman : Heimo Korth and his family, alone in Alaska's arctic wilderness

Summary: A portrait of the late Alaskan bush frontiersman, told by his cousin, traces his family's adventures on the land's frozen and remote outreaches, describing his unhappy childhood, decision to move his wife and two daughters to the bush, steadfast cultivation of survival skills, and untimely death.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0743453131
  • ISBN: 9780743453134
  • ISBN: 074345314X
  • ISBN: 9780743453141
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 303 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st Atria books hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2004.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-303).
Formatted Contents Note: Winter -- Growing up wild -- The final frontier -- The big woods -- On the coleen -- Spring -- Back-to-nature boys -- Hunting the ice whale -- A family of his own -- Summer -- Closing of the frontier -- Fall -- A way of life.
Subject: Korth, Heimo
Korth, Heimo Family
Pioneers Alaska Biography
Frontier and pioneer life Alaska
Frontier and pioneer life Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Wilderness areas Alaska
Alaska Description and travel
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Description and travel
Alaska Biography
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Biography
Pionniers Alaska Biographies
Réserves de la vie sauvage Alaska
Alaska Descriptions et voyages
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Descriptions et voyages
Alaska Biographies
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) Biographies
Korth, Heimo
Families
Frontier and pioneer life
Pioneers
Travel
Wilderness areas
Alaska
Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Genre: Biography
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies.

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