Carry On: Stan Zuray's Journey from Boston Greaser to Alaskan Homesteader

By: Tim Attewell, Stan Zuray

Narrated by: Andrew Tell

In 1960s inner-city Boston, Stan Zuray had no future. As the Vietnam War took more and more of his friends, and many of those who returned sank further into drugs and despair, Stan looked for meaning and found nothing. His life's purpose lay 3,300 miles northwest, deep in the Tozitna River Valley in the heart of Alaska's frozen interior.

Deadly cold, famine, grizzly bears, and one unruly sled dog with a grudge kept Stan on the knife's edge between survival and death. Humbled by the power of nature, the Boston greaser who was destined for prison found a new life in the wild, where one mistake can prove fatal. This is the true story of Stan Zuray's incredible journey, the reformation of a man's heart and mind in the forbidding darkness of Alaska's endless winter.

©2017 Tim Attewell (P)2017 Tim Attewell

An amazing story of what if

I first heard of Stan on his show and learned of this book and had to read it. I would liked to hear more details of his struggles from the lower 48 to Alaska, perhaps another book will cover this. Entertaining. The reader did a fine job.

good listen

Love the story. Although the narrator was good I wish it had been narrated by Stan Zuray himself.

great book

I've listened to this book twice. highly recommended for those interested in bush life and those who know Stan from the TV show.

Good book

listened to the audio version, book was great, the person reading, not so great, could have done without the reenacting of character voices. Just read the story..

Excellent true woodsman

Riveting life story about the modern day Danial Boon-cant stop in the middle of a chapter

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I love hearing the experiences of homesteaders. I'm an outdoorsman myself. But short of ending up in a dire life/death scenario, homesteading is the ultimate living on the edge. Meaning making due with minimal resources.