The Final Frontiersman : Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness Paperback / softback
by James Campbell
Paperback / softback
Description
Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve out a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth.
In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles Korth's amazing life and adventures, creating a powerful, real-life epic of triumph and tragedy.
Campbell spent two years witnessing firsthand the Korth family: Heimo, his wife Edna and their teenage daughters Rhonda and Krin.
With impressive detail, the author recounts an everyday existence shaped by a harsh and unforgiving country.
In their efforts to preserve the ecology of the land, the Korths lead a nomadic life, waiting patiently for the odd small plane to bring supplies and cultivating hard-earned hunting skills that are all that stand between them and lingering death.
By turns inspiring and downright jolting, THE FINAL FRONTIERSMAN reads like a rustic version of the American Dream, in which the physical barriers of a stunning wilderness are no obstacle to forging a life outside of the mainstream.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, map in front matter; 1 8-pg. b&w insert
- Publisher:Atria Books
- Publication Date:19/09/2005
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- ISBN:9780743453141
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, map in front matter; 1 8-pg. b&w insert
- Publisher:Atria Books
- Publication Date:19/09/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780743453141
