"Coming Into Country" :Book

Haven't read it but was just reading an article where it was referenced again.

Anyone here ever read it? Thoughts?

good read

Yep. Agree with White.

Moosetrot

Not too bad a book. Some good folks profiled in there.

A lot more of the "heros" are the hippie-type, end-of-the-road type "trappers" from the Upper Yukon area. A couple of them are now living in town and have become anti-trapping and anti-hunting!

Pete

I had forgotten about that.

Was that"eccentric" guy Wild Miles in that book ? Had a houseboat on the Kantishna ??? What about the guy that took over Alaska Magazine and turned it into a greeny rag ?? Seems like I remember him in there also

Good book, you will enjoy it.

I don't recall the Alaska Magazine guy. I know Wild Miles was NOT covered in the book.

Pete

Thanks Pete.

I can't remember the AK mag guy's name either

Same guy who wrote Coming into the Country wrote Into the Wild. From what I remember, the book wasn't that accurate. It profiled various people. It might be good reading but is no longer representative of goings on in Alaska.
Who lives here in town now, Pete?
mt

Coming into the country- Mcphee. Into the wild- Krakauer

Into The Wild was Krakauer.

Pete or Mike.......who was/is the photographer/dog musher who lived along the railbelt somewhere... Tom........................

I know who you are asking about but can't remember the name.
mt
Edit, Tom Walker? Googled it.

Yes thank you !!

Very good read, regardless of the viewpoints of the 'characters' featured. Once you finish this one, you'll want to read John Hildebrand's "Reading the River" and Dan O'Neill's "A Land Gone Lonesome". Both cover the same area during more recent times.