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Two in the Far North / Margaret E. Murie ; illustrations by Olaus J. Murie ; with a new foreword by Terry Tempest Williams.

Murie, Margaret E., (author., Author). Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963 (illustrator., Illustrator). Williams, Terry Tempest, (author of foreword., Author of introduction, etc.).

Summary:

Details the author's life, describing her loving relationship with Alaska from her first visit as a child, till her work as a wilderness activist.

Record details

ISBN: 088240489X
ISBN: 9780882409559
Physical Description: 369 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Edition: Fifth edition 1997.
Publisher: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, 1997.
Copyright: © 1997

Content descriptions

General Note:

Autobiographical.

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- Foreword / by Terry Tempest Williams -- pt. 1. Fairbanks -- 1. To the North -- 2. Freeze-up -- 3. The town -- 4. Winter -- 5. Mail day -- 6. Spring -- 7. Summer -- 8. The trail -- 9. And over the mountains -- pt. 2. The Upper Koyukuk -- 10. Home to romance -- 11. Anvik -- 12. Nulato -- 13. Willow River -- 14. Alatna -- 15. "And beyond" -- 16. Bettles -- 17. One day of it -- 18. On the river ice -- 19. Wiseman -- 20. The mountains -- 21. Southward -- pt. 3. The Old Crow River -- 22. Tanana and Yukon -- 23. The Porcupine -- 24. The Old Crow -- 25. By main strength -- 26. Geese -- 27. Downstream -- pt. 4. Sheenjek -- 28. North again -- 29. At Lobo Lake -- 30. Both sides of the River -- 31. Up the valley -- 32. Tundra and mountain -- 33. Caribou -- 34. To the head of the river -- 35. Autumn in August -- pt. 5. Return to the mountains -- 36. Again north -- 37. Sheenjek again -- pt. 6. Afterward -- 38. 1967 Alaska -- 39. Another New Alaska: 1975 -- Outside: 1975-1989.