Two in the Far North

by Murie, Margaret E.

• ISBN13: 9780882404899
• ISBN10: 088240489X
• Edition: 35th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books

Summary

A story of love and adventure in Alaska, and a moving testimonial to a beloved wild place. Murie received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her environmental work.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	9	(2)
FOREWORD	11	(6)
Terry Tempest Williams
PART ONE Fairbanks	17	(66)
1 To the North	19	(12)
2 Freeze-up	31	(4)
3 The Town	35	(5)
4 Winter	40	(9)
5 Mail Day	49	(2)
6 Spring	51	(7)
7 Summer	58	(5)
8 The Trail	63	(13)
9 And Over the Mountains	76	(7)
PART TWO The Upper Koyukuk	83	(124)
10 Home to Romance	85	(11)
11 Anvik	96	(4)
12 Nulato	100	(13)
13 Willow River	113	(7)
14 Alatna	120	(6)
15 "And Beyond"	126	(10)
16 Bettles	136	(11)
17 One Day of It	147	(6)
18 On the River Ice	153	(16)
19 Wiseman	169	(9)
20 The Mountains	178	(16)
21 Southward	194	(13)
PART THREE The Old Crow River	207	(50)
22 Tanana and Yukon	209	(12)
23 The Porcupine	221	(6)
24 The Old Crow	227	(6)
25 By Main Strength	233	(7)
26 Geese	240	(7)
27 Downstream	247	(10)
PART FOUR Sheenjek	257	(84)
28 North Again	259	(10)
29 At Lobo Lake	269	(14)
30 Both Sides of the River	283	(10)
31 Up the Valley	293	(8)
32 Tundra and Mountain	301	(11)
33 Caribou	312	(9)
34 To the Head of the River	321	(10)
35 Autumn in August	331	(10)
PART FIVE Return to the Mountains	341	(10)
36 Again North	343	(3)
37 Sheenjek Again	346	(5)
PART SIX Afterward	351
38 1967 Alaska	353	(4)
39 Another New Alaska--1975	357	(13)
40 Outside--1975 to 1989	370