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An alaskan odyssey, written by sam keith, a close friend of dick, describes the first years of dicks life in the wilderness, and won the 1999 national outdoor book award. Alone in the wilderness part ii on dvd new release. Heimo korth and his family, alone in alaskas arctic wilderness by james campbell online at alibris. None of this bear grylls crap of man against nature, dick knows knew, hes dead now how to live with, in harmony with, the natural world, knowing himself to be a part of it.
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