Alaskan
Tragedies and Miracles
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Danger Stalks the Land
by Larry Kaniut
Who must have this book: Anyone who loves true
life thrillers or the stories from Alaska magazine.
Who should have this book: Anyone with interest
in the adventure of Alaskan outdoors.
ISBN: 0312241208
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Larry
Kaniut is the king of true-life Alaskan survival stories. He's made
an industry of bear attacks and miraculous struggles between man and
nature. The result is a library of books full of white-knuckled reading
full of riveting stories. You just can't put them down until you see
how they turn out. It makes you both glad to be in a warm secure place
and makes you want to get out into the Alaskan wilderness at the same
time.
This book is a collection of Alaskan classics. Some were pulled from
headlines, some were written by those involved, and some are Alaskan
legends. For example, if you've spent any time near the Cook Inlet
you have heard the story of the duck hunter who became trapped in
the tidal mud and drowned in the incoming tide. Kaniut tracked down
the people who were there and got the real story. In many of the stories
he disproves the myths that has grown up from years of retelling.
The individual stories were carefully selected to represent a wide
variety of themes. A few of the stories do get somewhat repetitive.
There are multiple downed bush plane stories. But then again, if you
read the Alaskan newspapers, you get the same feeling of déjà
vu.
With the thrills, come lessons about always being prepared. One amazing
thing about the book is that the majority of these stories do not
come from the isolated wilderness but mostly within just a few miles
of the road. I read it just before a recent trip to Alaska and it
really changed the landscapes I was driving through. The trip down
the Seward Highway turned to realizing - that's where that lady was
airlifted out of, that was where the newlyweds drowned, that's where
a young man lost his hunting buddy. It points out that this is Alaska
and your decisions can be as important as life and death here.
Author
Larry Kaniut has authored a string of books from Alaska
Bear Tales, More
Alaska Bear Tales, Bear Tales for the Ages, Some
Bears Kill, Danger Stalks the
Land, and Cheating Death
and his newest book Tales From the Edge. He maintains
a web site at www.kaniut.com,
but his books are cheaper at Amazon.com
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