West Margin Press: 174 books
Three by Twain
Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee In King Arther's Court
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
This collection includes three of classic American author Mark Twain’s best known and beloved novels. Tom Sawyer recounts the adventures of a self-confident but naïve boy who runs away with his friend, Huckleberry Finn, after witnessing a murder. Along the way, they have many adventures and meet...
Shadows on the Koyukuk
An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
“I owe Alaska. It gave me everything I have.” Says Sidney Huntington, son of an Athapaskan mother and white trader/trapper father. Growing up on the Koyukuk River in Alaska’s harsh Interior, that “everything” spans 78 years of tragedies and adventures. When his mother died suddenly, 5-year-old...
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...
A Place Beyond
Finding Home in Arctic Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Nick Jans leads us into his "found" home—the Eskimo village of Ambler, Alaska, and the vast wilderness around it. In his powerful essays, the rhythms of daily arctic life blend with high adventure—camping among the wolves, traveling with Inupiat hunters, witnessing the Kobuk River at...
The Winter Walk
A Century-Old Survival Story from the Arctic
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A chilling true story about a pregnant mother with two children who must battle cold, starvation and exhaustion. Ultimately it's a story of survival and trimph amid unspeakable sorrow.
Oregon Reads Aloud
A Collection of 25 Children's Stories by Oregon Authors and Illustrators
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Oregon Reads Aloud is a collection of twenty-five read-aloud stories for children, written and illustrated by Oregon authors and illustrators.
The twenty-five stories in Oregon Reads Aloud are a celebration of all things Oregon, including a great food cart feud, the dance of the Chapman Swifts,...
by Lewis Carroll
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel that tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends. The tale plays with logic in ways that have given...
Winging It!
Jack Jefford, Pioneer Alaskan Aviator
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Jack Jefford shares stories of his gripping rescues, white-knuckle crackups, and wild adventures that come from flying the not always friendly skies of Alaska. Arriving in the Territory of Alaska in 1937, he started flying from the gold rush town of Nome for Hans Mirow. Jack’s stories are some of...
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...
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
This collection of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved character, includes fourteen adventures of Holmes and Dr. John Watson: The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, The Adventure of the Crooked Man, The Adventure of the Final Problem, The Adventure of the Greek...
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...
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...
Shamans and Kushtakas
North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Shaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was honored as a person who could heal the body and spirit as well as see into the future. In his struggles...
Beyond Road's End
Living Free in Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The book chronicles the adventures of Ed and Janice Schofield including building their own home, learning about the wild plants, the people and the wildlife of the area. Short episodic chapters keep readers turning the pages full of "can-do spirit" and live in the last frontier. Part love story, part adventure, and part natural history, this is a chaming memoir.