North of the Sun
Book description
This is an account of 50 years spent in the Alaskan wilderness, in the early days of the state. The author is one of America's last "new frontiersmen", who chronicles his everyday life, trials and discoveries - from death-duels with grizzlies to gold-prospecting.
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I love the great outdoors, so much so that I have often pondered what it would be like to really live in the great outdoors, and for me, the epitome of living in the great outdoors would mean moving to Alaska — the last frontier. It’s so beautiful there, you can live off the grid and really revert to life before technology, and that’s exactly what Fred Hatfield did.
I think I enjoyed living vicariously through Fred, and that sometimes the grass really is greener, or the snow whiter, on the other side of the fence. I don’t think I…
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