Alaska Northwest Books imprint: 77 books
Animal Stories
Encounters with Alaska's Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
These timeless, beautifully written essays share encounters and observations on a variety of Alaskan wildlife and include natural history information.
In these essays about Alaska’s best-known and most charismatic animals—grizzlies and wolves, moose and Dall sheep, bald eagles and beluga...
First Wilderness, Revised Edition
My Quest in the Territory of Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
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...
Iditarod Adventures
Tales from Mushers Along the Trail
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Advertising: Ingram E-comm to bookstores and libraries Blurbs: Quotes and reviews from key Iditarod and Alaskan VIPs Events: Author events in Alaska Materials: Advance Reader Copies, shelf talkers, posters, study guide Online: Feature on GraphicArtsBooks.com, LewFreedmanBooks.com, Facebook fan page,...
The Nature of Southeast Alaska
A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountains to murrelets. Highlighting the most fascinating and unusual aspects of Southeast Alaska natural history, the book is also a guide to the most frequently seen plants and animals.
The Great Alaska Nature Factbook
A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
This guidebook is organized into three easy-to-read sections: animals, plants, and the natural features of Alaska which is the largest and most varied of all the states in America. Entries in each section are listed alphabetically. This book contains fascinating factoids, line art drawings, and a...
Arctic Daughter
A Wilderness Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Author events in Alaska. Print and broadcast based on author events. Targeted reviews/excerpts in Alaska regional and national outdoor/nature media. Ingram e-comm, featured on author’s Facebook Fan Page, graphicartsbooks.com, GoodReads. Featured at PNBA, Alaska Wholesale Gift Show and Alaska Library Association Conference.
My Season on the Kenai
Fishing Alaska's Greatest Salmon River
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
The Kenai is a world-class salmon river that attracts fishermen from all over the world, but is also the “everyman” river of the great fishing paradise of Alaska because of its accessibility. The Kenai River is special not only because world-record salmon are caught in its stunning green waters,...
What the Elders Have Taught Us
Alaska Native Ways
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
As Alaska’s Native peoples confront contemporary challenges, they increasingly find strength in the traditional values and practices that have sustained their cultures for millennia. In stirring words, What the Elders Have Taught Us pays tribute to the first Alaskans and the ancient values they...
by Kim Heacox
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Advertising: PNBA and MPIBA Holiday Catalogs, Ingram e-comm.
Awards: Submitted for National Outdoor Book Award, PNBA Award, Sigurd Olsen Award, etc.
Blurbs: Targeted blurbs from authors such as Carl Sephina, Nick Jans, Seth Kantner, Barbara Kingsolver, Don Rearden, and Charles Frazier. 4. Events: Author...
Children of the First People
Fresh Voices of Alaska's Native Kids
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Alaskan favorite Children of the Midnight Sun, the same author and photographer join again to collaborate on this new book Children of the First People to present the voices of a new generation of young Alaska Natives and how they celebrate their unique cultures...
Last Letters from Attu
The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was an American school teacher who in 1941 who along with her husband, Foster agreed to teach the Natives on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. They were both sixty-two years old when they left Alaska's mainland for Attu against the...
Sam O. White, Alaskan
Tales of a Legendary Wildlife Agent and Bush Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Sam O. White was a tough, deep-voiced, six-foot-tall, two-hundred-pound former Maine lumberjack and guide. From 1922, for half a century he criss-crossed wild Alaska by foot, with packhorses, dog teams, canoe, riverboat, and airplane. He helped map the Territory. He trapped fur. He became the world’s...
Alaska's Wilderness Medicines
Healthful Plants of the Far North
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
This guide to Alaskan wild plants, native and introduced, can be used to promote health and healing, use for emergency first-aid care, or to maintain wellness. More than fifty plant species are described with information on habitat and distribution as well as general information on how each one can...
Seaplanes along the Inside Passage
The Highs and Lows of a Modern Bush Pilot
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2014
What is it about Alaska that can make a young journalist from the East Coast abandon his career and become a bush pilot? Bruder’s fascinating first person account answers that question and lets the reader share his experiences as he becomes seasoned as a seaplane pilot flying the rugged terrain...