Of moose and me : animal tales from an Alaskan childhood

Summary: Author and scholar K. Brenna Wardell recalls her childhood in Alaska and her powerful interactions with the region's diverse fauna, both tame and wild through a series of anecdotes, interspersed with poems.

Record details

ISBN: 9780999686942
ISBN: 0999686941
Physical Description: print
ix, 109 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Hastings, Nebraska : Corpus Callosum Press, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Alaska -- Of moose -- A moose names, yes, Bullwinkle -- Great land -- Danny versus the moose, or bad dog, Danny -- Arctic sky -- Danny versus the Alaska Railroad -- Chapel of St. Nicholas -- A dog named Tok -- MacDuff the fearless -- Metamorphosis -- Of birds, blood, and finding my voice -- Owl man -- Ptarmigans sled too -- Trickster -- Night's messenger -- Chico versus all of Alaska -- Some of my best friends were chickens -- Catching -- Saucepan Bach -- The raven herself -- Of goats and great escapes -- Milking -- Dark heart -- A difficult birth -- Turning -- Evil ponies -- Pache's folly -- We told the seasons of the year in fruit -- Out again -- This is a Dutch rabbit -- A questioning child -- The Christmas kitten -- Cat -- Pigs before pearls: a journey to the South Pacific -- Saipan -- There be monsters -- Above Cook Inlet -- Me versus the silver salmon -- Birth river -- On the slime line -- Abundance -- Danger or dinner bell? -- The story of Brave Bear woman -- Afterword -- About the author.