John Smelcer 
Alaskan: Stories From the Great Land 

Written over the course of a quarter century by one fo Alaska’s best living writers, these two dozen stories embody the spirit of Alaska—its colliding cultures, magnificent beauty and dangerously unforgiving environment. ’John Smelcer is Alaska’s modern-day Jack London’—W. P. Kinsella. ’John Smelcer’s stories are an indispensable addition to Alaskan literature’—J. D. Salinger.