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02229aam a2200349 i 4500 001 9B1A5FD2B8CA11EDAC6855BD37ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230302011926 008 200203s2020 ctua 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020003387 020 $a 1493044753 020 $a 9781493044757 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $e rda $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ak 050 00 $a F904.6 $b .L86 2020 082 00 $a 917.9804 $2 23 100 1 $a Lundgren, Chris, $e author. 245 10 $a Accidental adventures : $b Alaska : true tales of ordinary people facing danger in the wilderness / $c Chris Lundgren. 264 1 $a Guilford, CT : $b Lyons Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xiv, 223 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "America's fascination with Alaska began at the turn of the last century, when Jack London and John Muir captivated readers with their fiction and nonfiction stories-and continues today, both with such popular books as Into the Wild and the explosion of Alaska reality TV shows. In such a giant and forbidding place, people lose their way. They hurt themselves. Their equipment fails. They clash with wildlife. And in Alaska, one stroke of bad luck-one small mistake-can mean catastrophe. This book collects twenty such stories, all told from the survivor's point of view. The book relates true stories of getting lost in the wilderness, bear attacks, dead-stick landings, snowmobile calamities, capsizing canoes, and even escaping a volcanic eruption. Told as cautionary tales, these stories are not only a nail-biting good read on their own, but illustrate the many perils of living, working, and recreating in the Last Frontier"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Alaska $x Description and travel $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a Alaska $x History, Local $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Alaska $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Outdoor life $z Alaska $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Pioneers $z Alaska $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Adventure and adventurers $z Alaska $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 651 0 $a Alaska $v Anecdotes. $v Anecdotes. 941 $a 1 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104021142.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B1A5FD2B8CA11EDAC6855BD37ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search