One man's wilderness
Subtitle: an Alaskan odyssey
By: by Sam Keith ; from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke.
Contributors: Keith, Sam.
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Anchorage
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Proenneke, Richard -- Diaries; Pioneers -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Lake and Peninsula Borough) -- Diaries; Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Lake and Peninsula Borough); Wilderness survival -- Alaska -- Twin Lakes Region (Lake and Peninsula Borough); Twin Lakes Region (Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska) -- Description and travel; Twin Lakes Region (Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska) -- Pictorial works
Description: To live in a pristine land unchanged by man; to roam the wilderness through which few other humans have passed; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available; to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company: thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. This book is a simple account of the day-by-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company. From Proenneke's journals, and with first-hand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.--From publisher description.
Notes: "26th anniversary"--Cover.
Originally published: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co., [1973].