Last Settlers

by Jennifer Brice and Charles Mason

This volume examines the lives of two 20th-century pioneer families in the Alaskan wilderness. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820702900
• ISBN13: 9780820702902
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Duquesne University Press
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Moving portrait of life on The Last Frontier

This is one of the finest books I have read about Alaska. This is a spare, unsentimental portrait of what life in Alaska is really like--both beautiful and harsh. This is not a book that romanticizes homesteading or the poverty of these homesteaders' lives; instead they come alive through the Brice's crystaline prose and her use of defining detail. Here is real life--people struggling to make lives for themselves in a country that is neither easy nor forgiving. The stark, black and white photographs that accompany the book add a beautiful and moving element. If you want to know what life on the frontier can really be like, read this book.

well-written, thoughtful look at 20th century homesteading

The author presents a thoughtful and thought provoking look at an oft misunderstood concept: homesteading in the wilds of Alaska. The reader is held in awe at the tenacity of these latter day pioneers who have chosen a lifestyle far removed from the experience of most of us in the lower forty-eight.

Thought provoking look at the last true American Frontier.

Intimate but respectful study of a unique breed of modern day pioneers in one of the last really remote places in America. Well done glimpse into a world of determination and dreams that most can only imagine.