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État
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ISBN
9780312283797
Book Title
Arctic Homestead : the True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
Item Length
8.5in
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Year
2003
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9in
Author
Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Customs & Traditions
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester, and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine-years-old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the Lower Forty-eight and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them, and jump their claim. The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin and the first snow collapsed the roof. They built too close to the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children, and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work. But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb---a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. Arctic Homestead is her story.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312283792
ISBN-13
9780312283797
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2016614

Product Key Features

Book Title
Arctic Homestead : the True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
Author
Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, General, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
F912
Edition Description
Reprint,Revised Edition
Reviews
"Turn off the TV, throw a log on the fire, unpack your dreams. This is the real thing: a farewell account of our greatest myth about ourselves, the frontier myth. Norma Cobb writes with a skinning knife and gun stock, with bear grease and shards of river ice---a memoir as wild, engaging, stubborn, and authentic as that distant valley where her family staked out the last plot in America." --John Balzar, author of Yukon Alone "Cobb's voice combines the ruggedness of the frontier with the tenderness of a caring mother, resulting in an appealing, and enjoyably quick read." --Publishers Weekly "Her story exhibits her strength and sheer willpower to make it work." --Oregonian, "Turn off the TV, throw a log on the fire, unpack your dreams. This is the real thing: a farewell account of our greatest myth about ourselves, the frontier myth. Norma Cobb writes with a skinning knife and gun stock, with bear grease and shards of river ice---a memoir as wild, engaging, stubborn, and authentic as that distant valley where her family staked out the last plot in America." --John Balzar, author of Yukon Alone "Cobb's voice combines the ruggedness of the frontier with the tenderness of a caring mother, resulting in an appealing, and enjoyably quick read." -- Publishers Weekly "Her story exhibits her strength and sheer willpower to make it work." -- Oregonian, Turn off the TV, throw a log on the fire, unpack your dreams. This is the real thing: a farewell account of our greatest myth about ourselves, the frontier myth. Norma Cobb writes with a skinning knife and gun stock, with bear grease and shards of river ice---a memoir as wild, engaging, stubborn, and authentic as that distant valley where her family staked out the last plot in America., "Turn off the TV, throw a log on the fire, unpack your dreams. This is the real thing: a farewell account of our greatest myth about ourselves, the frontier myth. Norma Cobb writes with a skinning knife and gun stock, with bear grease and shards of river ice---a memoir as wild, engaging, stubborn, and authentic as that distant valley where her family staked out the last plot in America." -- John Balzar, author of Yukon Alone "Cobb's voice combines the ruggedness of the frontier with the tenderness of a caring mother, resulting in an appealing, and enjoyably quick read." -- Publishers Weekly "Her story exhibits her strength and sheer willpower to make it work." -- Oregonian, Cobb's voice combines the ruggedness of the frontier with the tenderness of a caring mother, resulting in an appealing, and enjoyably quick read.
Copyright Date
2003
Dewey Decimal
979.8/7
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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