One man's wilderness
About this book
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man; to roam the wilderness through which few other humans have passed; to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin; to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available; to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company: thousands have had such dreams, but Richard Proenneke lived them. This book is a simple account of the day-by-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company. From Proenneke's journals, and with first-hand knowledge of his subject and the setting, Sam Keith has woven a tribute to a man who carved his masterpiece out of the beyond.--From publisher description.
Subjects
- 20th century description and travel
- alaska
- alaska, biography
- alaska, description and travel
- alaska - local history
- approved list/award winners
- collections, catalogs, exhibitions
- cultural region/pacific northwest
- demographic orientation/rural
- description and travel
- diaries
- essays & travelogues
- frontier and pioneer life
- frontier and pioneer life, alaska
- general
- geographic orientation/alaska
- photography
- photo techniques
- pictorial works
- pioneers
- proenneke, richard
- travel / essays & travelogues
- travel - united states
- travel writing
- twin lakes region (kodiak isla
- twin lakes region (lake and peninsula borough)
- united states - pacific - alaska
- united states - state & local - general
- wilderness areas
- wilderness survival