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The Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Alaska Wilderness

In this wilderness classic, the quintessential Alaskan frontiersman relates his experiences from over twenty years as a homesteader. As New York Newsday has said of his work, "If Alaska had not existed, Haines might well have invented it."

Audience
adult
Length
short · 162 pages

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