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02414aam a2200373 4500 001 4F2F8D2AE04811E59D6F9BB8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160302011346 008 150925s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 010 $a 2015031007 020 $a 1634502477 020 $a 9781634502474 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Ordorica, Ray. 245 14 $a The Alaskan retreater's notebook $h [Paperback] : $b one man's journey into the Alaskan wilderness / $c by Ray Ordorica. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Skyhorse Publishing, $c 2016. 300 $a 229 p. 500 $a Includes index. 520 2 $a "In the fall of 1978 Ray Ordorica packed everything he thought he would need into his Toyota Land Cruiser and drove north to Alaska. He came to a land he had never seen, to find something he wasn't even sure existed: a wilderness cabin he could use for ayear or more to live, think, relax, read, and write. Ordorica found his cabin, fixed it up, and, although it was just an uninsulated twelve-by-sixteen-foot one-room log structure, he spent three winters in it in relative comfort. Ordorica's life in that cabin fulfilled a dream he had had for more than ten years. During his long winters in Alaska, it occurred to him that there must be many others who have put off an extended wilderness visit out of ignorance or fear. They would have as many questions about Alaska as he'd had before he arrived. How do you cope with forty below? How do you get water? Is it totally dark in mid-winter? These questions and many more gave Ordorica the idea to write the Alaskan Retreater's Notebook, an epic memoir about one man's journey into the Alaskan wilderness. With his wisdom, you will learn how to live with the country, and not against it"--Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20160127. 600 10 $a Ordorica, Ray. 650 0 $a Log cabins $z Alaska. 650 0 $a Frontier and pioneer life $z Alaska. 650 0 $a Pioneers $z Alaska $v Biography. 650 0 $a Wilderness areas $z Alaska. 650 7 $a Wilderness Survival $z Alaska. 651 0 $a Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Alaska) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Alaska $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Alaska $v Biography. 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006095043.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20161223010423.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20160302064320.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F2F8D2AE04811E59D6F9BB8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search