Fifty-Five Years in the Alaskan Bush by Jeff Davis

Fifty-Five Years in the Alaskan Bush by Jeff Davis

Over a half century ago, John Swiss acquired a remote property on the far shore of Cook Inlet 100 air miles southwest of Anchorage. Polly Creek is a place of dreams. With a backdrop of snow-draped peaks, razor clam beds stretch out from the cabin's front door, salmon race through nearby seas and fresh brown bear tracks pockmark the sand at his doorstep. Moose and bear, beaver, eagles and whales are his neighbors. Over the years, he has trapped, fished, hunted, prospected, guided and flown his way into the realm of legend.

John's career as a bear guide spans Alaskan bear hunting from the immediate post war period to the present time. He has guided black and brown bear hunters for all these years and polar bear hunters for 18 of the 20 years it was a popular sport.

This book is told for the most part in John's own words. John's spellbinding stories unwind slowly at first, from his upstate New York childhood. He is a true pioneer of the North and just as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett did before him, he blazed a trail into the unknown land to the west of civilization and carved a life out of the wilderness.

Jeff Davis works at Sonoma State University in California as an English professor, academic counselor, and administrator. He became interested in the issue of first-generation college students after learning about the work being done on the Sonoma State campus with nontraditional students through federal TRIO grant projects, which led to his appointment as Director of a TRIO Student Support Service project and a TRIO McNair Scholars project. He is currently working on the creation of a Sonoma State center to examine the first-generation student experience.

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ISBN 13	9780595282609
ISBN 10	0595282601
Title	Fifty-Five Years in the Alaskan Bush
Author	Jeff Davis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	iUniverse
Year published	2003-06-24
Number of pages	200
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