09/12/07, 09:40 PM
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Keeper of the Cow
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Proenneke Fans
I am about 100 pages into "More Readings From One Man's Wilderness, The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke 1974-1980." It's very interesting and written quite a bit differently from the book "One Man's Wilderness." Proenneke wanted any subsequent books to be in his own words and not paraphrased. His daily life at Twin Lakes is documented along with his adventures filming wildlife (he had signed a contract with the National Park Service for this). In addition it talks about his life before Twin Lakes with pics of him at various ages and with his siblings and parents. Also talks about when he crashed his plane and managed to crawl to a highway, where he was picked up and taken to an Anchorage hospital. He was involved in determining whether the area was worthy of national park designation. It talks about his mixed feelings about his new popularity stemmed from "One Man's Wilderness." Twin Lakes had become a much busier place and lots of people flew in unannounced to see him.
It also expands on the Aslworths. Proenneke talks about visiting their homestead, with milk goats, pigs, chickens, large garden, etc.
This book dwarfs "One Man's Wilderness," it is 472 pages with lots of pics and some good maps. Very interesting and I thought others interested in Proenneke would enjoy reading it. Be good entertainment for those cold winter nights that are just around the corner.
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