Yukon Yearnings

Author : Raimonds Zvirbulis
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490781552
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yukon Yearnings written by Raimonds Zvirbulis and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yukon Yearnings is the story of my kayak trip down the Yukon River, from the source to the Bering Sea. The paddling distance for that solo kayak journey was just over 2,300 miles. It was not until completing the journey and retturning home that I discovered that no one else had achieved that. I was the first person to have paddled the entire Yukon River. Prior to the current kayak trip I had paddled two thousand miles of the river from Lake Atlin, British Columbia, to Russian Mission, Alaska. My reason for going back to the Yukon was not to be the first person to paddle the whole river. My reason was to experience the wilderness again. Paddling in the solitude of that wilderness enclosed me in the peace of the lakes and the river. There were no distractions, no time constraints, and no urgent pressures to be in a certain place by a certain time The deep, quiet forests and the snowcapped mountains just enraptured me. Passing the villages and stopping in some allowed me to meet the people living on the river. Their kindness was as significant as the beauty of the nature all the way to the Bering Sea.

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of a Sourdough written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher : New York : Barse & Hopkins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spell of the Yukon written by Robert William Service and published by New York : Barse & Hopkins. This book was released on 1907 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Adrianna Morganelli
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 0545989108
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yukon written by Adrianna Morganelli and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountains and rivers; forests and tundra; grizzlies and caribou; trapping and whaling; the Klondike gold rush and the Yukon Quest: It's all about Yukon!

Author : William Ogilvie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Early Days on the Yukon written by William Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : T. Lindsay Baker
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806191627
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eating Up Route 66 written by T. Lindsay Baker and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2022-10-13 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its designation in 1926 to the rise of the interstates nearly sixty years later, Route 66 was, in John Steinbeck’s words, America’s Mother Road, carrying countless travelers the 2,400 miles between Chicago and Los Angeles. Whoever they were—adventurous motorists or Dustbowl migrants, troops on military transports or passengers on buses, vacationing families or a new breed of tourists—these travelers had to eat. The story of where they stopped and what they found, and of how these roadside offerings changed over time, reveals twentieth-century America on the move, transforming the nation’s cuisine, culture, and landscape along the way. Author T. Lindsay Baker, a glutton for authenticity, drove the historic route—or at least the 85 percent that remains intact—in a four-cylinder 1930 Ford station wagon. Sparing us the dust and bumps, he takes us for a spin along Route 66, stopping to sample the fare at diners, supper clubs, and roadside stands and to describe how such venues came and went—even offering kitchen-tested recipes from historic eateries en route. Start-ups that became such American fast-food icons as McDonald’s, Dairy Queen, Steak ’n Shake, and Taco Bell feature alongside mom-and-pop diners with flocks of chickens out back and sit-down restaurants with heirloom menus. Food-and-drink establishments from speakeasies to drive-ins share the right-of-way with other attractions, accommodations, and challenges, from the Whoopee Auto Coaster in Lyons, Illinois, to the piles of “chat” (mining waste) in the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, to the perils of driving old automobiles over the Jericho Gap in the Texas Panhandle or Sitgreaves Pass in western Arizona. Describing options for the wealthy and the not-so-well-heeled, from hotel dining rooms to ice cream stands, Baker also notes the particular travails African Americans faced at every turn, traveling Route 66 across the decades of segregation, legal and illegal. So grab your hat and your wallet (you’ll probably need cash) and come along for an enlightening trip down America’s memory lane—a westward tour through the nation’s heartland and history, with all the trimmings, via Route 66.

Author : William MacLeod Raine
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North written by William MacLeod Raine and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North" by William MacLeod Raine has everything in it that makes a good north tale - adventures, gold, love, fights, freeze, and nature. The Yukon promised many men and women the opportunity to find their fortunes. The romance of the gold rush creates a story that's exciting and hard to put down. Following the story of a man who freshly arrived in the Yukon and all the rites of passage one go through to settle in, this book gives readers a look into history.

Author : William MacLeod Raine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Yukon Trail written by William MacLeod Raine and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Casey Clabough
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865547438
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements written by Casey Clabough and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elements: The Novels of James Dickey draws upon previously undiscussed manuscripts and notes to articulate Dickey's fictional vision as it appears in his three published novels, while also examining his early unpublished fiction and post deliverance screenplays. The book's thesis follows Dickey's philosophical and verbal theorgy for his published fiction (the practice of merging), illustrating the multifaceted and layered manner in which it functions, encompassing protagonist and environment and reader and text. Just as Ed Gentry, Joel Cahill, and Muldrow assume the essence of their respective environments, the reader is subtly asked to become a part of the text while retaining cognitive independence "to blend in the place your're in, but with a mind to do something" (To the White Sea 273). Having explored the connective qualities of Dickey's published novels, the book's final chapter turns to a summary of Dickey's unpublished and largely unknown fiction. Discussing a novel manuscript, four short stories, three screenplays, and five screenplay prospecti, the chapter seeks to summarize these heretofore undiscussed works while also tracing their similarities with the published texts.

Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486476898
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spell of the Yukon and Other Poems written by Robert Service and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "common man's poet" and "Canadian Kipling" recounts tales from the Klondike gold rush in this compilation of 34 of his best verses. Poems include "The Cremation of Sam McGee," "The Call of the Wild," "The Heart of the Sourdough," "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," and other memorable storytelling verses.