Two in the Far North

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murie, Margaret E.
Other Authors: Murie, Olaus Johan, 1889-1963, Williams, Terry Tempest
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Anchorage ; Portland : Alaska Northwest Books, 1997, c1957.
Edition:5th ed.
Subjects:
Murie, Margaret E.
Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska.
Natural history > Alaska.
Pioneers > Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Description and travel.
Alaska > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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