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Author | : Cora Holmes |
Publisher | : Reiman Assoc |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780898211283 |
Ranching in the Aleutian Islands ia a rugged, adventurous life, yet one filled with peace and solitude A true story of a family's move to a remote island ranch.
Author | : Spike Walker |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2002-02-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780312275624 |
A collection of stories of adventure by various authors about the Alaskan wilderness. Includes stroies by the following authors : Spike Walker, Larry Kaniet, Lew Freedman, Gary Paulsen, Jean Aspen, Ann Mariah Cook, Jack London, Roger A. Caras, Dana Stabenow, John Muir, Washington Irving, and many more.
Author | : Bonnie Rose Ward |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
ISBN | : 9781626524712 |
Leaving behind friends, family, and life as they know it, the Wards embark on a journey into the Alaskan wilderness that will change them forever.
Author | : Cora Holmes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-02 |
Genre | : Aleuts |
ISBN | : 9780977403615 |
Mell Stewart doesn't really believe in the ancient Aleutian legends. Desperation keeps her dogged footsteps on the treacherous wilderness trail to the mummy's cave. The outcast she encounters at the entrance seems an unlikely hero, but during the dangerous months to come this modern day 'Outside Man' helps Mell find the courage to conquer her fears.
Author | : Bob Durr |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 266 |
Release | : 1999-06-12 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1429973277 |
Dr. Robert Allen Durr - literary scholar, award-winning author, former confidant to legendary writer H. L. Mencken, and one-time rising star in the East Coast academic world - decided one day to give it all up and move to a remote region of Alaska in search of paradise. Convinced that truth, beauty, and goodness could still be found in the wild, Durr bought a boat and journeyed to Bristol Bay in hopes of becoming a commercial salmon fisherman and earning a living. Catapulting the reader into this last frontier and onto a sea of storms and dangers, madcap bars and drinking parties, amid the camaraderie of some rugged Alaskans, mostly native fishermen known as D Inn Crowd, Down in Bristol Bay chronicles a hard life, but not without songs and ballads, misadventures and follies, occasionally of burlesque proportions, on land as well as at sea. Combining elements of Krakaur's Into the Wild, Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, Junger's The Perfect Storm, McPhee's Coming Into the Country, and even Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Down in Bristol Bay is a powerful and raucous memoir of a man who abandoned the safe world of academia for the Alaskan wilderness to find his own kind of primal sanity.
Author | : Ron Walden |
Publisher | : Publication Consultants |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2015-01-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1594332762 |
Trapper Ken Whittle spent the morning pre-heating and preparing his Pieper Super Cub to fly so he could check his trap-line. The minus 20 degree weather made this a taxing task. Flying to the area of his traps was pleasant, but near the first lake on his route he came upon an airplane nose down in the trees. He landed to discover the pilot dead--frozen in his seat. In the aircraft were four duffle bags later found to contain marijuana, and a metal briefcase containing a large amount of money and a .45 automatic Colt pistol. Whittle wrestled briefly with his conscience before deciding to keep the money. He surmised that it was drug money and would not be missed, but the drug bosses did notice and sent henchmen to retrieve their money. This opened an investigation by the Alaska State Troopers and the NTSB which found that the pilot had been murdered and eventually uncovered a huge marijuana growing operation and worldwide importation of other drugs. Informants were found; circumstantial evidence gathered; but little real, hard evidence was brought to light to connect their suspect to the crimes. Trooper Sergeant and helicopter pilot, Karen Holmes, and her partner, Craig Stanton, must take time from the investigation to make daring rescues and cope with the mundane daily duties distracting them from the complicated, frustrating case.
Author | : Cora Holmes |
Publisher | : Country Store Reiman Pubs |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780898211955 |
Curious readers of Cora Holmes' book wrote to ask more about her life in Alaska. Here's a collection of her insightful replies.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2009-07-29 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0309142393 |
Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
Author | : Steve Almond |
Publisher | : Algonquin Books |
Total Pages | : 279 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 1565124219 |
A self-proclaimed candy fanatic and lifelong chocoholic traces the history of some of the much-loved candies from his youth, describing the business practices and creative candy-making techniques of some of the small companies.
Author | : David W. Ball |
Publisher | : Speaking Volumes |
Total Pages | : 724 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1628158891 |
From the mysteriously beautiful, richly hued landscape of the Saharan mountains to the sumptuous splendor of nineteenth-century Paris, Empires of Sand is a novel that takes us on an extraordinary, powerfully emotional journey In a clash between two civilizations, two men of common blood discover that in war, love, and even family, they are both destined to be outsiders.... The year is 1870. The proud Republic of France is crumbling under the onslaught of the Prussian army. Paris is under siege. Too young to understand the shifting fortunes of the empire, two boys forge a bond with their breathless adventures in the tunnels beneath the threatened city. Paul deVries is the cousin and constant companion of Michel deVries—called Moussa—whose world-explorer father shocked Paris with his marriage to a noblewoman of the Sahara. Moussa will inherit the title of count; Paul is destined to be a soldier like his father. But tragic events will send Moussa fleeing to his mother’s homeland, with its brooding mountains, its hidden caves and fortresses. And the two boys who have been the closest of friends are fated as men to become the bitterest of enemies—victims of history and the scheming of scoundrels. They meet again on the Sahara's blazing sands, one as part of a foolhardy French expeditionary force, the other with the nomadic Tuareg, a majestic race of veiled warriors who live and die by flashing swords and a harsh desert code of honor. On this unforgettable, ever-shifting landscape, Paul and Moussa are swept into another war, one far more brutal than anything they have experienced. Paul is obsessed with a quest for personal vengeance and honor. And Moussa, in love with a woman betrothed to an implacable Tuareg warrior, searches for the peace he knew as a child in France. Now they both face a challenge of sheer, harrowing survival: whether to follow the call of their shared blood...or the destiny written in the treacherous sands. Empires of Sand is a grand novel of adventure in the best tradition of historical fiction. With its astounding scenes of the desert and its rich cast of characters—soldiers, lovers, slaves, and zealots—this is a reading experience to be treasured and remembered long after the final page is turned.