Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Photographs ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. Labrador Tea 1
7. And Then the Earth Moves 3
8. Redoubt's Ash 5
9. Hunger Mountain 7
10. Tikchik 9
11. Fat of the Land 11
12. Soul Food 13
13. Our Just Getting Going 15
14. Mrs. Weasley 17
15. Specialization 19
16. Outside of Eden 21
17. Wind 23
18. Letter from the Bush 25
19. 57 Reasons I love Valerie 27
20. Mistress of the Blue 29
21. Coming Clean 31
22. Eclipse 33
23. Coffee Talk 35
24. You Don't Lose Your Woman 37
25. Tough Times on Denali 39
26. Here Comes Ol' Flattop 41
27. Blue in the Face 43
28. The Guide 45
29. The Cold 47
30. Grimshaw on the Ice 49
31. Matanuska Green 51
32. Christmas on the Fortymile 53
33. The F-Month 55
34. A Special Place 57
35. Yukon Rising 59
36. Turnagain 61
37. Open Water 63
38. Rink Rats 65
39. Memories of Smokewood 67
40. What I Knew on the Longest Day 69
41. Blood Ties 71
42. Legacies 73
43. Candles Don't Always Set the Mood 75
44. Talking Wolf 77
45. Hell-bent for Leather 79
46. Howling Dog 81
47. Northern Flyway 83
48. Village of Old Believers 85
49. Anaktuvuk Rose 87
50. Anaktuvuk Rose 87
51. Eagles Every Day 89
52. Those Who Saw This Coming 91
53. Anchorage, 2110 93
54. XtraTuf 95
55. Biking Cool 97
56. The Bra Brawl 99
57. Just a BB Gun 101
58. Kaktovik 103
59. Fog 105
60. Parcel Pickup 107
61. Half-House 109
62. Apostle of End Times 111
63. Escape from Planet Alaska 113
64. About Ravens 115
65. M-E-W Gulls 117
66. A Cliffside Whale 119
67. Moose Legs 121
68. Anima Mundi 123
69. Kuiu Dreamtime 125
70. Ghost Story 127
71. A Boat Named Coffin 129
72. Contributors 131