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

Campbell, James III 1961- (Author).

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.

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