Author’s first book, ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS, is companion to the popular film ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS which airs annually on PBS stations nationwide. This lost treasure was recently discovered by Sam Keith’s daughter, Laurel Lies, among the precious stowed possessions of her father. Prior to writing ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS, Sam had written FIRST WILDERNESS based on his own journals and letters, but it never was published. Includes Sam’s own journals, letters, and notebooks, woven into the...
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award . Celebrating the 50th anniversary of when Dick Proenneke first broke ground and made his mark in the Alaskan wilds in 1968, this bestselling memoir features an all-new foreword by Nick Offerman plus color photographs not seen in print for over 20 years. To live in a pristine land unchanged by man…to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed…to choose an idyllic site, cut trees, and build a log cabin…to be a self-sufficient...