Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska
By: Tom Kizzia
4.04
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
We all have ghost towns. Impermanent places we dream of returning to. Here was Alaska’s. In 1938…
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By: John Steinbeck
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
An intimate journey across and in search of America, as told by one of its most beloved writers, in… read more
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2. Alaska
By: James A. Michener
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Al… read more
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3. Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski
4.12
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In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but … read more
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4. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
By: John Vaillant
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more
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5. Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
By: Ben Montgomery
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography Emma Gatewood told her family… read more
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6. Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job
By: Jon Acuff
4.47
Format: None pages,
Have you ever felt caught between the tension of a day job and a dream job? That gap between what y… read more
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7. True Grit
By: Charles Portis
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Mattie Ross, 14, from Dardanelle, Arkansas, narrates half a century later, her trip in the winter o… read more
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8. To The Bright Edge of the World
By: Eowyn Ivey
4.05
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Set again in the Alaskan landscape that she bought to stunningly vivid life in The Snow Child, Eowy… read more
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9. Ordinary Wolves
By: Seth Kantner
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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10. Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By: Andrea Lankford
3.76
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From a former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure… read more
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"A solo woman is more likely to survive a perilous incident in the outdoors than a solo man. Yet, the average female hiker fears for her safety more than the average guy does. Ironically, this phenome…"-Andrea Lankford, Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
11. The Lost City of the Monkey God
By: Douglas Preston
3.93
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A stunning medical mystery. And a pioneering jour… read more
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12. Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.09
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seri… read more
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13. The Arctic Fury
By: Greer Macallister
3.87
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In early 1853, experienced California Trail guide Virginia Reeve is summoned to Boston by a mysteri… read more
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14. The Guide
By: Peter Heller
3.62
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
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15. Damnation Spring
By: Ash Davidson
3.90
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A stunning novel about love, work, and marriage that asks how far one family and one community will… read more
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16. Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics
By: Heather Lende
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the same year that Donald Trump was elected president, Heather Lende was one of the thousands of… read more
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17. Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
By: Robert Specht
4.32
Format: 466 pages, Kindle Edition
Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this … read more
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"It was like traveling through a stage setting, the air clear and tingling, the moonlight sparkling off bushes laced with frost."-Robert Specht, Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness
18. Follow Me to Alaska: A true story of one couple’s adventure adjusting from life in a cul-de-sac in El Paso, Texas, to a cabin off-grid in the wilderness of Alaska
By: Ann Parker
4.14
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
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19. Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
By: Annie Boochever
4.29
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Ala… read more
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"The fighter in velvet gloves had punched more powerfully than any boxer. Yet her only weapon had been her carefully chosen words delivered with elegance and integrity."-Annie Boochever, Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
"Tlingit Elder Richard Stitt once said public speaking is 'like waving a broom in a crowded rom.' It was easy for one's words to affect people in unintended, potentially negative, ways. -Roy Peratrovi…"-Annie Boochever, Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
"Elizabeth walked slowly down the aisle with her head held high. As she turned to face the assembled legislators, the audience strained forward, pulled by her calm but powerful presence. If anyone in …"-Annie Boochever, Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
"In naming Gallery B for Elizabeth, we honor her today for her vision, her wisdom, and her courage in speaking out for what she believed to be right. She symbolizes the role the gallery plays in the l…"-Annie Boochever, Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
20. The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories
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3.92
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
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21. Cold Mountain Path: The Ghost Town Decades of McCarthy-Kennecott, Alaska
By: Tom Kizzia
4.04
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
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