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ISBN: 0-88240-513-6. Softcover. 223 pages. 1 Map. 50 Color photos. Dimensions: 5.5" x 8" x .5" From the back cover: In the 1970's, this best-selling book the hearts and midns of readers all over the world. With this updated 26th edition, we proudly bring the book back into print. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man....to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed...to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin...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. He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country. One Man's Wilderness is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company. Form 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. "One Man's Wilderness is the best modern piece of prose about Alaska, the one that gives the truest picture of what living in the bush today is like for the lone individual." -Anchorage Daily News "[Proenneke's] journal forms the text of this handsome book, and his sparkling color slides illustrate it with a beauty that tugs at your heart and sets your heels to itching just a little. You owe yourself the pleasure of this book." -Biloxi (Mississippi) Sun Herald "It is soul reading - the simplicity of a man's inner feelings stated in terms which leave no misunderstandings...A classic of its kind." - Lansing (Michigan) State Journal Table of Contents Preface
Map Chapter One - Going In
Chapter Two - The Birth of a Cabin
Chapter Three - Camp Meat
Chapter Four - Freeze-Up
Chapter Five - Breakup
Chapter Six - Cloud Country
Chapter Seven - The Red Runt
Chapter Eight - The Chilikadrotna
Chapter Nine - Reflections
Chapter Ten - Until Another Spring Epilogue
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