Ebook {Epub PDF} One Mans Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at bltadwin.ru ISBN ISBN Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books, This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. View all copies of this ISBN edition: Synopsis. About this title. This best-selling memoir from Richard Proenneke's journals and with firsthand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of /5(K). One Man's Wilderness book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man to roam a wilde.

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke. Alaska Northwest Books. Paperback. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy, with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, and dust jackets may not be included. Sam Keith () was an American writer. His most notable work was the best seller One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, in which he edited and expanded on the journals of his friend Richard Proenneke's solo experiences in Alaska to create an Alaskan classic. In , Keith's formerly lost manuscript First Wilderness: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska was published. Through letters to his father back home, Keith chronicled his remarkable adventures in pre-statehood Alaska. In , Keith went on to write One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, based on his dear friend Dick Pronneke's journals and photography. It was reissued in and won a National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA).

There he built a cabin, hunted and gathered his own food, educated himself as a naturalist, and recorded his activities and findings in journals and on film. His time was later made into the PBS documentary Alone in the Wilderness and written in the book One Man’s Wilderness, published in by his friend Sam Keith. Proenneke returned to civilization in and died at the age of 82 in in Hemet, California. by Sam Keith. This book, written using personal journals, tells the true story of Richard Proenneke's retreat into the Twin Lakes region of the Alaskan wilderness. In , after six months of sickness, Proenneke decides it is time to live to the extreme and leaves his home state of Iowa to begin building a cabin in Alaska. ISBN ISBN Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books, This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. View all copies of this ISBN edition: Synopsis. About this title. This best-selling memoir from Richard Proenneke's journals and with firsthand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.