PDF Alaska Wolf Man The 191555 Wilderness Adventures of Frank Glaser Jim Rearden 9781575100470 Books

Product details Paperback 344 pages Publisher Pictorial Histories Publishing Co. (February 1, 1998) Language English ISBN-10 1575100479

Alaska Wolf Man The 191555 Wilderness Adventures of Frank Glaser Jim Rearden 9781575100470 Books Reviews

• If you liked Dick Proeneke building his cabin or reading about a one week hunt of bear, caribou or moose, THIS book blows them all away.
  He builds several cabins, hunts Dall sheep, caribou, moose, bear every year for 40 years and tells all the interesting stories. Also tells of gold hunters, prospectors, and yes the wolves. Traps one and breeds him for his best wolf dogs. Tells of great hunts, fishing, great shots and what it's really like to live in the pristine wilderness of Alaska when it was unspoiled by today's laws, regulations, snowmobiles and dime a dozen airplanes. Hiking and dog sleds were the way to travel. It was nothing for him to hike 40 miles a day for his trapping, hunting and just mode of travel. He's humble and a deadly hunter. One of those books that you really hate to end. He was a man's man of the wilderness.
• A friend told me about this book. I bought one and soon bought bought more for friends and family. This book contains first hand accounts of wolf behavior that supersedes all the modern fairytale bologna. Real information from a man who daily followed and interacted with the wolf in their natural untethered environment prior to human intervention, a man who tells the truth of how a pack of wolfs goes through a heard of caribou and bites the tongues of the caribou to allow them to bleed out, and then takes choices morsels from few of the many dead caribou that seemed to be killed for the fun of it by the wolf pack. The author also describes the natural intelligence and organization involved in a wild pack, and how they interacted with their surroundings (both man and wild). I only wish I could personally thank the author for this wonderful work.
• One of Jim Rearden's best books. This was a great book. I was not an avid reader until I started reading Jim Rearden's books about Alaska. I used to fly there in the 70's while in the military. We recently vacationed there and now I enjoy reading about people who have made Alaska what it is today.
• An Alaskan classic. Can't believe that it took me so long to find out about this book. It's written about a very tough man that lived the idyllic Alaskan sourdough lifestyle during a fast growing period in Alaska. It's book about adventure, living off the land, living with animals, raising sled dogs, and hunting. It's about hunting and culling wolves, so don't read it if you can't handle it. Not gory, but some might take offense to the culling. It's a very well written book.
• Love this book, it has everything intrigue, comedy, romance (mostly between man and dog, not like that though, don't be gross), and setting. And boy, what a setting... Made me want to go hunting and live off the grid, and I am not one to have those feelings very often. I still reference this book weeks after reading it. I wish it wasn't so gosh darn hard to find, but well worth the extra effort. You will not be disappointed, so quit messing around and deal out the dough man! You want this sucker in your catalogue of adventure.
• I had a hard time reading this at certain places along the way. Because of the mentality of "killing wolves", but all in all I really enjoyed this book.
  Frank was an amazing outdoorsman and thru it all, it's apparent he belonged there, deep in the bush of outback Alaska. Whether killing wolves as a government hunter, big game guide or roadhouse owner.
  It's well worth the read.
  Post Script remind yourself while turning the pages, that the mentality was much different then. Although, history may be repeating itself as of late! -(
• I'm not even half way through this book and it is fascinating! I wish I'd read at least 200 other books before I read this one.....as now, all other books I read will be judged by this one! What a life Frank G. lead in the last frontier! I could go on and on about it but it would do it no justice. A truly awesome read (and I never use the word awesome)! How great it must have been to live Frank's life style in the greatest place on the planet in the early 1900s!
  By far the best damn book I've ever read!!!!!
  
  An update to my review 03/27/15
  
  I'm so glad that I was able to read this book when I did.
  I was able to make a quick one week trip to Alaska for work and it just so happens that both of the places I needed to be were Valdez and Fairbanks. Needless to say, I got to travel the Old Richardson Hwy. (Formerly the Old Valdez Trail that Frank G. was so familiar with). I was surprised to learn that the original Black Rapids Roadhouse (once owned by Frank) was still standing and I actually got to see the old place! It was a very fascinating and inspiring experience to say the least. To stand in the same places where Glaser actually was and lay eyes upon the incredible craggy mts. that Frank hunted just across the Delta River from his roadhouse!
  I was also able to stop at Darling Creek just a mile or so down the road towards Fairbanks before it converges with the Delta R. In the book, Rearden mentions that Frank G. Built his first cabin on Darling Creek high on the Alaska Range. As I stood in the deep drifted snow in the creek bed, I can't even begin to describe the intense urge I had to trudge the countless miles it would take to reach the spot were Frank's first cabin was located! - Like I was equipped for the adventure and I'd be able to find it anyway.......
  As I thought about the incredible life of Frank Glaser and gazed upon this intensely beauful area of Alaska, the words of Robert Service's poem, "Spell of the Yukon" came to mind and I knew then that when I left Alaska in only a few short days, as before, I'd be leaving another very large piece of myself in that great state!
  While in an old bookstore in Fairbanks, I found and purchased Rearden's other book, "Sam O.White, Alaskan." I understand that Sam and Frank were friends and I can't wait to read this latest book. I'll post a review as soon as I can about it.
• A great story about a great man. Thrilling to read.