One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey is a book, first published in 1973, by Sam Keith
, based on the journals and photography of Richard Proenneke
who, in 1968, retreated to the wilderness of Twin Lakes
in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
to build a home for himself and live alone in the wilderness. Proenneke says he turned his back on tedious 50-hour work weeks and moved to Alaska "to do a thing to completion."
A 26th anniversary edition was published in 2009. It won that years National Outdoor Book Award
(History/Biography).
Sam Keith
Sam Keith edited the 1973 best seller One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey in which he edited the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke's solo experiences in Alaska....
, based on the journals and photography of Richard Proenneke
Richard Proenneke
Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke was a naturalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes...
who, in 1968, retreated to the wilderness of Twin Lakes
Twin Lakes (Alaska)
Twin Lakes is a complex of two large lakes in Lake Clark National Park in the U.S. state of Alaska near the northeast corner of Lake and Peninsula Borough. It contains a 9.7-km-long upper lake and a smaller 6.5-km-long lower lake, joined by a short connecting stream...
in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
to build a home for himself and live alone in the wilderness. Proenneke says he turned his back on tedious 50-hour work weeks and moved to Alaska "to do a thing to completion."
A 26th anniversary edition was published in 2009. It won that years National Outdoor Book Award
National Outdoor Book Award
The National Outdoor Book Award was formed in 1997 as a US-based non-profit program which each year honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing. It is housed at Idaho State University and chaired by Ron Watters. Awards are presented in ten categories. The award is announced in early November...
(History/Biography).
Editions
- Keith, Sam and Proenneke, Richard. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey. Alaska Northwest BooksGraphic Arts Center PublishingGraphic Arts Center Publishing Company is a book publishing company based in Portland, Oregon, United States.Graphic Arts Center is one of the Northwest's largest book publishers, publishing about 40 books annually and selling over 500 titles to the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom and Europe...
; 26th Anniv edition (May 1, 1999). ISBN 0-88240-513-1.
See also
- Alone in the Wilderness, a PBS video documentary of Proenneke's experiences
- Alone in the Wilderness, a similarly themed book by Mike TomkiesMike TomkiesMike Tomkies The Wilderness Man , is a British nature writer, naturalist and filmmaker who has inspired thousands with his brutally honest accounts of almost 40 years experience living in the wildest and most remote parts of Canada, Scotland and Spain.Born in 1928, he grew up to serve in the...