Braving It

A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild

De: James Campbell

Narrado por: Roger Wayne

Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. So when James Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his 15-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him. Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs?

But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap.

Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. It would be their third and most ambitious trip. The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet's most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears.

©2016 James Campbell (P)2017 Tantor

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Campbell expertly blends facts on the flora, fauna, and general life in the Alaskan bush with his reflections on being middle-aged, with many adventurous years behind him, as opposed to his daughter, whose quest for adventure has only just begun. Informative, humorous, and full of a love of nature." ( Kirkus)

a plain great book

you feel like descriptive stories about nature wildlife in the Arctic weather in the Arctic Zone in Alaska you'll love the story but a father and daughters outing to Alaska it's just beautiful and it's also interesting

worth reading

I liked this story, well written about nature, family and overcoming our fears, growing up and parenting

An interesting father's story

My husband and I struggle to find books that we can listen to together. We chose this one because it was something we could both relate to, a father's story about an incredible journey with his daughter. I ended up enjoying this more than he did, although we both liked it. I couldn't help but wonder in all of this what his wife and other daughters were doing at home while he was making these incredible journeys with his one daughter. Seeing the personal growth of this daughter and the touching portrayal of their relationship made this book special. The author described the area beautifully and it made me yearn to see Alaska. It was exciting and tender at times. I would recommend this book.

Brought Back Many Memories from my Time in Alaska.

It's been many years since my time in Fairbanks, AK. This book rekindled all my memories from my Time there. It's my dream/life goal on my bucket list to go back. This book sparked that interest Good book. Thanks!

Great book....

The book was great. I loved the fact that the Author was from Wisconsin as I am too. However, the fact that the narrator didn’t know how to pronounce his “hometown “ of Lodi was irritating. It’s Load-eye, not Load-ee as the narrator read several times. Picky, yes. But it diminishes the authenticity of the book.