Cover of The final frontiersman

Book 2004

The final frontiersman

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Publisher
Atria Books
Language
English
Published
2004
  • Korth, Heimo
  • Korth, Heimo -- Family
  • Pioneers -- Alaska -- Biography
  • Wilderness areas -- Alaska
  • Alaska -- Description and travel
  • Alaska -- Biography

A portrait of the late Alaskan bush frontiersman, told by his cousin, traces his family's adventures on the land's frozen and remote outreaches, describing his unhappy childhood, decision to move his wife and two daughters to the bush, steadfast cultivation of survival skills, and untimely death.