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The Final Frontiersman: Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness |  | Author: James Campbell
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
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Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 63801
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 074345314X
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780743453141
ASIN: 074345314X
Publication Date: September 13, 2005
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Product Description
Hundreds of hardy people have tried to carve a living in the Alaskan bush, but few have succeeded as consistently as Heimo Korth. Originally from Wisconsin, Heimo traveled to the Arctic wilderness in his feverous twenties. Now, more than three decades later, Heimo lives with his wife and two daughters approximately 200 miles from civilization -- a sustainable, nomadic life bounded by the migrating caribou, the dangers of swollen rivers, and by the very exigencies of daily existence. In The Final Frontiersman, Heimo's cousin James Campbell chronicles the Korth family's amazing experience, their adventures, and the tragedy that continues to shape their lives. With a deft voice and in spectacular, at times unimaginable detail, Campbell invites us into Heimo's heartland and home. The Korths wait patiently for a small plane to deliver their provisions, listen to distant chatter on the radio, and go sledding at 44° below zero -- all the while cultivating their hard-learned survival skills that stand between them and a terrible fate. Awe-inspiring and memorable, The Final Frontiersman reads like a rustic version of the American Dream and reveals for the first time a life undreamed by most of us: amid encroaching environmental pressures, apart from the herd, and alone in a stunning wilderness that for now, at least, remains the final frontier.
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 The Final Frontiersman August 13, 2010
Benjamin Christian (Oxford, GA, US)
What a outstanding book.
Very well written and makes you feel you are there with the Korth family!
I would love to be able to visit with Heimo to experience for a short time what he is living every day.
 For trappers and hunters only February 22, 2010
Kenneth Santiago (Albany, New York)
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
This book may be written in truth but it shows just how desperate these people are to make a living through cruel and barberic trapping and hunting practices. it's not really adventure in my book...it's just the way these people live their lives.
Don't buy if you are sensitive to animal cruelty February 16, 2010
R. Hunt (scottsdale, AZ)
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
As I said in the title of my review, don't buy this book if you don't like animal cruelty. I was saddened to read very descriptive accounts of animals being trapped in leg traps and then struggling to get free. They may have been there for days before finally being killed. Sorry, but I just think it is cruel to catch animals in leg traps and snares.
Fascinating real-life study/account February 16, 2010
Nick Pilch (Albany, CA)
If you have any interest in Alaska, you will like this book about a man who has chosen to live off the land in far reaches of Alaska.
Gripping December 26, 2009
J. Storey (Hay River, NT Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book grabbed me and held me captive for two days. I had to finish it, no choice. Like every great read I was sad when it ended. I felt like I had spent a few weeks with the Korth family and got to know and care about them. I want to know what happens next. I feel like I now understand the recent history of Alaska in an almost personal way. I have spent the last 25 years in the Canadian North so I have some feeling for the material. This book feels authentic, the writer has a good ear, intuition and work ethic. I am going to buy his next book and see if this was just a happy accident. Well worthwhile!
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