Tales from Sleeping Moose Vol. 2: Alaska- In This Lifetime

Author:   Atwood Cutting
Publisher:   Echo Hill Arts Book
ISBN:  

9780692363119


Pages:   190
Publication Date:   25 January 2015
Format:   Paperback
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Tales from Sleeping Moose Vol. 2: Alaska- In This Lifetime


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The Tales from Sleeping Moose quadrilogy recounts true experiences encountered while pioneering in bush Alaska in the 1970s and '80s. Since this odyssey immediately precedes the invention of four-wheelers, cellphones and silicon chip instruments, it might be difficult to replicate today. Most folks would hesitate to abandon their modern comforts. Volume 2 is about how two settlers built a post-and-beam home on an isolated mountain. There's some basic information about building with beams; and a lot about the vehicles they used to get up and down the road. That will be interesting to some readers. And since Kate was pregnant at the time, her letters to her mother should be of interest to others. Suffice it to say, the two worked hard to accomplish what they did eventually accomplish. Today some of us can't even imagine living in the ways described here. For others, it will be a nostalgic walk through earlier times. The common attraction is a sense of adventure which draws us away from our comforts and out into the unknown. Going to see the Elephant, those on the wagon trains used to call it. My mama called it, Going for the brass ring, which was a harkening back to her merry-go-round rides. Through these stories, city dwellers of the Twenty-First Century can still embrace some essence of The American Pioneer experience, without giving up the plumbing and heating, the cellphones and computers, or the careers.

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Author:   Atwood Cutting
Publisher:   Echo Hill Arts Book
Imprint:   Echo Hill Arts Book
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9780692363119


ISBN 10:   0692363114
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   25 January 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Atwood Cutting was born while her parents were pioneering on a remote mountain top in Alaska. How fortunate for a little girl! Material for this saga comes from her personal family history. Luckily, her Grandma Tutu saved all of her mother's letters written from Sleeping Moose. This was a goldmine. Also, Atwood's mother took photographs and kept journals, which have proven invaluable. But the author's biggest source of information comes directly from the stories her mother used to share with her, about the years they spent in backwoods Alaska on Round Top Mountain.

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