Books with title The Young Alaskans

Jake MacDonald had lived almost his entire life in a remote cabin in the Alaska sub-arctic. He was homeschooled by his mother, a former music teacher. From his father, he learned to hunt, fish and trap—and everything else a man needs to know to live a subsistence lifestyle. But his mother insisted that he finish his education at a real high school in a real town. So, at seventeen, Jake heads for the interior city of Fairbanks. Jake knows how to field dress a fifteen-hundred-pound moose. He knows how to run a shallow river in a jet boat and set a gill net for salmon. But navigating the challenges of his senior year at an overcrowded, two thousand student high school? He hadn’t a clue. Fortunately, ten minutes into his first day Jake meets Julie Peters, a pretty girl whose maturity and intelligence is every bit a match for his. They’re both eager to learn everything about each other’s world. But there’s one thing, one terrible secret about Jake that no one—not even Julie—can ever know.

Jake MacDonald had lived almost his entire life in a remote cabin in the Alaska sub-arctic. He was homeschooled by his mother, a former music teacher. From his father, he learned to hunt, fish and trap—and everything else a man needs to know to live a subsistence lifestyle. But his mother insisted that he finish his education at a real high school in a real town. So, at seventeen, Jake heads for the interior city of Fairbanks. Jake knows how to field dress a fifteen-hundred-pound moose. He knows how to run a shallow river in a jet boat and set a gill net for salmon. But navigating the challenges of his senior year at an overcrowded, two thousand student high school? He hadn’t a clue. Fortunately, ten minutes into his first day Jake meets Julie Peters, a pretty girl whose maturity and intelligence is every bit a match for his. They’re both eager to learn everything about each other’s world. But there’s one thing, one terrible secret about Jake that no one—not even Julie—can ever know.

The Young Alaskans (1911) By Emerson Hough Three young boys living in Valdez, Alaska join a relative on a coastal mapping expedition around Kodiak Island with the revenue cutter (coast guard) "Bennington". Unfortunately, the fog is so thick they are swept out to sea and pushed by the current about 100 miles down the island. This is their story about how they lived off the land (with the help of some of the native Aleuts) for months and their efforts to be rescued. These juvenile adventure stories were written around the turn of the 20th Century. The form part of a series of books initially published between 1908 and 1922. The series includes: The Young Alaskans 1908; The Young Alaskans on the Trail 1911; The Young Alaskans in the Rockies 1913; The Young Alaskans in the Far North 1918; and The Young Alaskans on the Missouri.

• Emerson Hough's Trilogy includes the first three books in the five-book series: The Young Alaskans, The Young Alaskans on the Trail & The Young Alaskans In The RockiesThe Young Alaskans follows the adventures of three boys. The complete series includes: The Young Alaskans 1908 Young Alaskans on the Trail 1911 Young Alaskans in the Rockies 1913 Young Alaskans in the Far North 1918 Young Alaskans on the Missouri About The AuthorIowa-born Emerson Hough practiced law in New Mexico and wrote books, mainly westerns.

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Captain Rifle, gray and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and—at times—warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call to those who had courage to come and fight for her treasures, and live—or die...

This eBook edition of "The Alaskan (Western Classic)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices."Captain Rifle, Grey and old in the Alaskan Steamship service, had not lost the spirit of his youth along with his years. Romance was not dead in him, and the fire which is built up of clean adventure and the association of strong men and a mighty country had not died out of his veins. He could still see the picturesque, feel the thrill of the unusual, and--at times--warm memories crowded upon him so closely that yesterday seemed today, and Alaska was young again, thrilling the world with her wild call..." (Excerpt)James Oliver Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among top-ten best sellers in the United States and at least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid (per word) author in the world. His writing studio, Curwood Castle, is now a museum in Owosso, Michigan.