Chasing the Horizon by Les Rogers
In the 1940s an adventurous youth flees New England for Los Angeles, a city vibrating with wartime energy and sex. Beach culture and a pretty girl captivate him, but he leaves to tramp alone far into Mexico and climb Paricut n, an exploding volcano. Back in L.A., he drives across the country with his mother in pursuit of her escaping lover. Alone again, he pedals an overloaded bicycle to Canada and hitches a ride on the Alaska Highway with a short-tempered sourdough. The old-timer has bet a quart of whisky on the driving time, and a dangerous washout lies ahead. In Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, he embraces frontier life, mixing with cheechakos and pioneers, dreamers and realists. He meets a young prostitute at the notorious Line. He works as cement handler and railroad gandy dancer and becomes a student at the University of Alaska. Then he's off for Whitehorse to canoe the Yukon.
When he arrived in Fairbanks in 1947, Les Rogers knew he had found a time and place that fit him. He called it home for forty-eight years. Early employment ranged from cement laborer to gandy dancer to surveyor. He began a career in architectural and engineering design services in 1950, and became a Registered Surveyor and a partner in the firm now known as Design Alaska, Inc. in 1957. The firm became an Alaska adventure from the start, with many projects in remote communities and travel that might require bush plane, skin boat or dog team. He retired as CEO of the firm in 1991. Journal w riting had been a lifelong interest, and he began writing short stories in 1997. Chasing the Horizon is his first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781439267257 |
| ISBN 10 | 1439267251 |
| Title | Chasing the Horizon |
| Author | Les Rogers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Booksurge Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 502 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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