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"Heimo Korth is a young man whose heart has always been in the wilderness. He is among many young men who venture into the northern frontiers of Alaska for the adventure in the 70's. What makes him different is that he is only one of the very few who manages to make a living there, a rather meager one but a living nonetheless. He builds a cabin in the bush, in fact he builds a few. He traps for fur and hunts for food.
The story is respectfully and lovingly told by Heimo's cousin, James Campbell. James visits Heimo often and spends weeks at a time living at Heimo's place. He shares with the reader what it is like for him to live in the bush and anecdotally for Heimo and his family. Edna, an Eskimo woman and Heimo's wife, loves the wilderness. The family does look forward to spending six weeks in town during the short summer season. They have two daughters, Rhonda and Krin, who were raised on the frontier and know no other kind of life.
The long cold winter, no electricity, and water retrieved from the river in large buckets once or twice a day are only some of the hardships. Food consisted of caught animals and any basic stores they were able to afford on their infrequent trips to town. Meals were cooked outdoors in the Arctic summer, on a wood burning stove in the winter. There was always the danger of a roaming grizzly while outdoors. The only way in or out of their part of the country is by air in small bush planes. "
Coletta Ollerer, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Outdoors story
Yes
Exploring:
- surviving in outdoors
- colonizing new territory
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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