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Alaska by the book

5,000 state-oriented books await the reader; here are a few

• "Working on the Edge" (Spike Walker): "It's hard to put this one down. It's been around for a little while, but it is an excellent book about king crab fishing."

• "One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey" (Sam Keith, Richard Proenneke): "It's a look at homesteading. A lot of people visiting Alaska would like to know about homesteading. This is a good book for that."

• "Into the Wild" (Jon Krakauer): "It's a good book about adventure in Alaska."

• "Johnny's Girl: A Daughter's Memoir of Growing Up in Alaska's Underworld" (Kim Rich): "This isn't your average book. It shows the real underworld of Anchorage."

• "Wilderness: A Journey of Quiet Adventure in Alaska" (Rockwell Kent): "He spent a winter on Fox Island down by Seward, and this tells that story. It's a beautifully done book."

• "The Highway Angler" (Gunnar Pedersen): "This really is THE book for anyone fishing in Alaska."

Books to take home

• "Denali: A Literary Anthology" (edited by Bill Sherwonit): "The book gives views on wildlife and ecology. It's not just a 'How I climbed Denali' book."

• "Alaska" (Art Wolfe, Nick Jans): "There are lots of these 'picture books.' This is personally my favorite. It just blows me away."

• "When Grandma Visited Alaska" (Bernd and Susan Richter): "This is very popular. Grandparents love to take these back home with them."

• "The Thousand Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians" (Brian Garfield, Terrence Cole): "This is a look at Alaska's history from a different perspective. It's good war history."


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