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Braving It

A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild

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Braving It

By: James Campbell
Narrated by: Roger Wayne
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Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. So when James Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his 15-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him. Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs?

But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap.

Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. It would be their third and most ambitious trip. The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet's most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears.

©2016 James Campbell (P)2017 Tantor Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Ecosystems & Habitats Environmentalists & Naturalists Fatherhood Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Parenting & Families Professionals & Academics Relationships Science Polar Region Alaska

Critic Reviews

"Campbell expertly blends facts on the flora, fauna, and general life in the Alaskan bush with his reflections on being middle-aged, with many adventurous years behind him, as opposed to his daughter, whose quest for adventure has only just begun. Informative, humorous, and full of a love of nature." ( Kirkus)
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This wonderful story comprises many elements; adventure, bushcraft/survival, human and natural history, the poignancy of the parent-child relationship, coming to terms with aging and it’s diminishments, and courage.

The narration is excellent, and so natural that i thought it was the author. Highly recommended.

Wonderful in every way

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