Alaska Adventure

"Alaskan Bear Hunt" is the true story of an Alaskan bear hunt as told by my grandfather in 1917. Carl Laney was living in Kodiak, Alaska with his pretty, young wife when he determined to shoot a Kodiak brown bear. He left Kodiak with the grade school principal and a Russian guide for a small island where they would begin their hunt. My grandfather vividly recounts the beauty of the water, the mountains, and forest as well as the hardships they encountered on their Alaskan adventure. One wonders as you read the account how the hunters survived their adventure with clothing and equipment ...

In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes listeners directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits.

Explore Alaska’s Breathtaking Beauty With Alaska Cruising and Adventure Guide by Ocean Breeze Adventures! From towering glaciers and snow-capped peaks to abundant wildlife and charming coastal towns, Alaska offers a cruising experience unlike any other. Whether you’re kayaking near a glacier, spotting whales in the wild, or wandering through historic ports, this guide is your key to experiencing the Last Frontier with ease.

From out of these mountains come many things. . . Here is a big game hunting story from the greatest hunting grounds in the world. From a time when they were wholly unknown. Yukon Territory in the 1940's was very much a frontier state with much of what the Jim Bond explored uncharted and unpenetrated except by the occasional prospector and trappers. The first sport hunter in the area, the author provided valuable documentation of how wildlife fares in a wilderness without any human interference as well as relating his exceptional hunting experiences. From Whitehorse, the largest "city" of ...

Historical Adventure Novel A thriller adventure book set in Seattle and the Alaskan wilderness during the early 20th century. Prepare for an exhilarating ride into the treacherous edge of humanity and nature’s sweeping wilds. Follow Ned Cornet on this gripping journey, as he transforms from a reckless son of wealth into a hardened survivor in the unforgiving Alaskan territories. Ned Cornet's life of indulgence crashes down after a near-fatal car accident. In a final attempt to reform him, his father, Godfrey Cornet, proposes an adventurous fur-trading expedition in the Alaskan wilderness....

"A Wild Alaskan Adventure: An Epic Journey into the Unknown" Embark on a breathtaking journey with "A Wild Alaskan Adventure: An Epic Journey into the Unknown," a masterful blend of fact and fiction that brings to life the extraordinary adventures of Doc Yeager. At the tender age of 17, Yeager's life takes a dramatic turn when he arrives on the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Little does he know, this is just the beginning of a divine odyssey that will redefine his destiny. This gripping novel, inspired by the true-life experiences of Doc Yeager, invites readers into a world where the ...

In the fall of 1978, Ray Ordorica packed everything he thought he would need into his Toyota LandCruiser and drove north to Alaska. He came to a land he had never seen, to find something he wasn't even sure existed: a wilderness cabin he could use for a year or more to live, think, relax, read, and write. Ordorica found his cabin, fixed it up, and, although it was just an un-insulated 12- by 16-foot one-room log structure, he spent three winters in it in relative comfort.

Join Harley Fremont, her K-9 partner, Gemma, and her many friends on an adventure that begins as a celebration which devolves into something much darker. Surrounded by glaciers and the Tongass National Forest, Harley, Gemma, and company search for an abducted man in the wilds of Alaska. The man is a Billy Joel look-alike who recently married Shirley Walters, a friend of Harley’s. While Shirley spirals, Harley and friends work to discover information about the men who were responsible. Too much time elapses after the abduction, causing everyone to be deeply concerned. Local police offer ...

After over a decade of a comfortable, suburban life in the rolling hills of eastern Pennsylvania, but in a marriage in turmoil and edging ever closer to divorce, the logical thing for the Hamilton family to do, it seemed, was to move to a place where life was simple and without distraction. They sold off most of their belongings, packed what was left in the family minivan and began the long, arduous road trip across the northern United States, into western Canada and finally Alaska, where they drove to the end of the road to the bush village of Eagle, on the banks of the Yukon river. The ...

When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in 100-mile-per-hour winds and record 90-foot seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her five crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best they can. One hundred fifty miles away, in Sitka, Alaska, an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter lifts off from America's most remote Coast Guard base in the hopes of tracking down an anonymous Mayday signal. A fisherman's worst nightmare has become a Coast Guard crew's desperate mission.

Find out what it's really like to cross 1,400 miles of the Alaskan Highway and travel some of the loneliest and most spectacular parts of America and Canada, all without leaving the comfort of your easy chair. Join author Shawn Inmon and his 20-year-old Subaru Outback on his epic solo road trip through British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. Part personal odyssey, part travel memoir, take an expedition into one of North America’s last remaining wildernesses.

A big, rugged story of Alaska...and of a spectacular woman as wild as the land that bred her. John Crahan is a trouble-shooting engineer who likes big jobs and passionate women…and the Alaskan deal looks made-to-order. The job is to stake out a road through the virgin wilderness of the Mena Peninsula. And his guide is a woman whose structural magnificence is as challenging as the great mountains that loom on the horizon…and he’s determined to conquer them both. What he doesn't realize is that it may cost him his life. A big, bold, adventure classic, back in print for the first time in...

At the height of California's Gold Rush, men left everything behind for the chance at striking it rich. Now, some 30 years after its peak, gold fever still entices adventurous Easterners like James Macklin Chance, a poor Pennsylvanian who is drawn to California by the dream of lasting wealth - a dream so powerful he'll stop at nothing to see it through.

The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.

The last thing Blue Hendricks needs six months into his uneasy reentry into civilian life is trouble in the form of his old friend's kid sister, all grown up and smack in the middle of a dangerous murder investigation. But he didn't become a SEAL to turn his back on the hard stuff, and he can't bring himself to ignore Everly's call for help - no matter how much he knows he's not fit to be around the soft, vibrant woman she's become. Not after the things he's done.

A historical adventure novel set in the Yukon Territory and Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. Join the Bradford family on an exhilarating journey through the icy wilderness in "The Golden North," a tale of adventure, resilience, and family bonds. When a daring invitation from Uncle Will beckons them to the gold-laden territories of the north, Charles Bradford, along with his sons David and Roly, must navigate uncertain paths, dangerous encounters, and transformative experiences in a land ripe with promise and peril. As they leave behind the familiar comforts of Connecticut, the ...

A book in the series about life and our journey in a travel trailer across the Lower 48, Canada, and Alaska. An inspirational book about this Great country, its people, our faith, selling everything we own and following His plan, picking up the pieces after the death of a child, even going to heaven and living to tell about it...a story for everyone! Plenty more Bloopers and Blessings. Lots of places to visit along the way including National Parks, Presidential Libraries, adventure tours, restaurants plus campground reviews and some of my favorite recipes. We have met some amazing folks and...

Eager to escape the memories of their near-fatal encounters with Bigfoot in Texas, bounty hunter and expert tracker Lux Branson and her Australian partner, Ben, accept jobs as hunting guides in Alaska. But on the road trip to their new gig, they find themselves part of an unexpected rescue mission. Now deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest, searching for the missing, Lux hears a sound that chills her to the bone. A terrifyingly fmiliar sound... Bigfoot Mountain is the third thrilling book in the Creature series of monster adventures. Join the hunt today!

his is book nine in the John Peters series and this takes John and the rest of the group of friends and fellow adventurers known as the "Oxford Group" to Alaska to confront a new danger both to the earth and to themselves. Once more they take on evil forces in both nature and humanity.

The Autobiographical Story of the Opening of the Far North There was a time not so very long ago when the Hudson’s Bay Company ruled the north. A time of silky furs, Indian skirmishes, canoes, “jawbone”, dog sleds, traps, and sourdoughs. Adventure came easy in this silent land of the far north. Henry John Moberly surely had plenty of it. Nearly 50 years he spent among the native and white trappers as a fur trader, trapper, hunter, and explorer. Moberly opened many of HBC’s most remote Trading Posts. The struggles of the north, the unbearable cold, the humor of the frontiersmen, the ...