Title: Not really an Alaskan mountain man
Description: East Coast big-city guy, world-traveler, jounalist, and otherwise politically savvy fellow settles down in rural Alaska, where men are many and manly, and women with survival skills are good to count among your friends. He wants to fit in. But how does one learn to be a Mountain Man? By observing, imitating, and making near-fatal mistakes, that's how. The choices a boy has to make. Eat processed food or on-the-hoof food, learn to operate a chainsaw or freeze to death, figure out what a bunny boot is or lose a few toes, and by the way, which end of he barrel points up? This is the story of Doug's first difficult winter in a one-room cabin, trying to stay alive and come out of it with some semblance of Alaska cool. With side-splitting, self-depreciating humor, Doug shares his attempts to elevate himself past his perpetual state of greenhorn-ness by aligning himself with tough sourdoughs to someday claim the title of manly Mountain Man.
Subjects: Biography, Country life, Log cabins, Outdoor life, Social life and customs, Winter, Country life, united states, Alaska, biography, Alaska, social life and customs, Fine, Doug, Outdoor life -- Alaska -- Fritz Creek Region, Country life -- Alaska -- Fritz Creek Region, Winter -- Alaska -- Fritz Creek Region, Log cabins -- Alaska -- Fritz Creek Region, Fritz Creek Region (Alaska) -- Biography, Fritz Creek Region (Alaska) -- Social life and customs
Places: Alaska, Fritz Creek Region, Fritz Creek Region (Alaska)
People: Doug Fine