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It’s been a few years since I last read it, but will again pretty soon due to this post. Nessmuk, if you’re not familiar, is a book by a guy when the over hunting/development had started, but hadn’t ruined the northeastern wilderness. There’s an account of one cross country trek that gives a taste of the unspoiled environment that makes me want to go back there in time. It’s an easy read and I think you guys would enjoy it.

My dad would have been 110 this year (he made it to 86) and I recall his stories of Alaska. He was born there in 1911 and moved back to Seattle in 1918. He talked about the boat coming twice a year with supplies and there was plenty of game to feed the family over what they got from the boat and raised in their garden. He said the Salmon were so thick during the runs that you couldn’t hardly get your oars in the water.

Later, he commanded an antiaircraft battery in the Aleutian Islands during the war and would take his M-1 carbine and go out fishing, bringing back enough to feed his men.

Great subject for a post - Thanks