Review: It is Confirmed
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2013
It is now confirmed that I will buy and read anything Dana Stabenow writes, and I will love it.  Let's hope she stops short of her grocery list.Alaska Traveler: Dispatches from America's Last Frontier is a delightful collection of stories, commentaries and travel suggestions written by Stabenow for a travel magazine.  Her writing is infused with rich tales, humor and a view of Alaska that is authentic.  She knows Alaska as much as anyone can know a wilderness filled with beauty and danger whether from man or nature.Alaska has always fascinated me and I have friends who live and work in AK.  I've checked out the authenticity of Stabenow's stories and found them to be based in reality.  Bottom line, Dana Stabenow is an excellent writer of fact and fiction.  Her character development makes you want to know these people, to have them step off the page and enliven your life, if only for a few hours.Alaska Traveler isn't fiction, but it is no less delightful to read.  If this is your first exposure to Stabenow's writing, you are soooo in for a treat.  Start with the Star Svendotter scifi, move on to Liam Campbell and wallow in Kate Shugak's life.  Have fun.