2021 Alaska titles from West Margin Press/Alaska Northwest Books

ALASKA 2021

TOP 20 ALASKA TITLES 1.

Dream Flights on Arctic Nights

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Alaska’s Mushrooms

3.

One Man’s Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition

4.

The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook

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Douggie

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Aurora

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Children of the First People

8.

The Itchy Little Musk Ox

9.

Pedro’s Pan

10. Guide to the Birds of Alaska, 6th edition 11.

Blueberry Shoe

12. Alaska’s Wild Plants, Revised Edition 13. Alaska’s History, Revised Edition 14. Recess at 20 Below, Revised Edition 15. Haunted Inside Passage 16. Alaska’s Totem Poles 17. How Raven Got His Crooked Nose 18. A is for Alaska 19. Alaska 20. Alaska’s Wild Life

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NEW FOR 2021

Lost Mountain: A Novel

By Anne Coray ISBN 9781513264455 $16. 99 • PB • 304p • 5 ½ x 8 ½ Pub date: March 16, 2021

Alaska Journal

ISBN 9781513264417 $12.99 • PB • 176p • 5 ½ x 8 ¼ Pub date: February 23, 2021

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Alaska Sourdough:

Living Within the Wild:

By Ruth Allman Forward by Addie Studebaker ISBN 9781513262819 $22.99 • PB • 176p • 7 ½ x 9 ¼ Pub date: March 30, 2021

By Kirsten Dixon and Mandy Dixon Photographs by Ash Adams ISBN 9781513264370 $34.99 • HB • 304p • 8 ½ x 10 ½ Pub date: April 20, 2021

The Real Stuff by a Real Alaskan, Revised Edition

The Puzzler’s Guide to Alaska: Games, Jokes, Fun Facts

& Trivia about The Last Frontier

By Jen Funk Weber ISBN 9781513267180 $15.99 • PB • 80p • 8 x 10 Pub date: April 6, 2021

Personal Stories & Beloved Recipes from Alaska

Back Home

By Dan L. Walker Series: Secondhand Summer ISBN 9781513262697 $12.99 • PB • 198p • 6 x 9 Pub date: April 6, 2021

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MEMOIR • LIFEST YLE

Alone Across the Arctic: One

Woman’s Epic Journey by Dog Team

By Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon 9780882408361 $12.95 • PB 120p • 7 x 10

Journeys Through the Inside Passage: Seafaring

Adventures Along the Coast of British Columbia and Alaska

By Joe Upton 9780882407401 $14.95 • PB 192p • 5½ x 8½

A Normal Life: A Memoir

By Kim Rich 9781943328505 $16.99 • PB 238p • 5½ x 8½

Haunted Inside Passage: Ghosts,

Legends, and Mysteries of Southeast Alaska

By Bjorn Dihle 9781943328949 $16.99 • PB 220p • 5½ x 8½

The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor: The

Long Search for the Legendary Kad’yak

By Bradley G. Stevens 9781513261379 $17.99 • PB 280p • 5½ x 8½

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back:

The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska

By Corey Ford 9780882403946 $17.99 • PB 220p • 6 x 9

First Wilderness,

Revised Edition

By Sam Keith Foreword by Nick Jans 9781513261652 $19.99 • PB 272 pg • 5½ x 8¼

Iditarod Adventures:

Tales from Mushers Along the Trail

By Lew Freedman Illustrations by Jon Van Zyle 9781941821282 $17.99 • PB 222p • 6 x 9

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Alaska Hunting & Fishing Tales

By Bjorn Dihle 9781513260921 $16.99 • PB 200p • 5½ x 8½

Running with Champions: A

Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail

By Lisa Frederic 9780882406169 $16.99 • PB 224p • 5½ x 8½

One Man’s Wilderness, 50th

Anniversary Edition

By Sam Keith, from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke Foreword by Nick Offerman 9781513261645 $19.99 • PB 272p • 5½ x 8¼

To the Top of Denali: Climbing

Adventures on North America’s Highest Peak, 3rd Edition

By Bill Sherwonit 9780882408941 $18.99 • PB 374p • 5½ x 8½

Life with Forty Dogs:

Two in the Far North,

Revised Edition

By Margaret E. Murie Foreword by Frances Beinecke ISBN 9781513262758 $19.99 • PB 376p • 5½ x 8½

Never Cry Halibut: And Other

Raised in Ruins:

A Memoir

By Tara Neilson ISBN 9781513262635 $16.99 • PB 272p • 5½ x 8

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Misadventures with Runts, Rejects, Retirees, and Rescues

By Joseph Robertia 9781943328918 $16.99 • PB 230 pg • 5½ x 8½

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GUIDEBOOKS & NATURE

Alaska’s History:

The People, Land, and Events of the North Country, Revised Edition

By Harry Ritter ISBN 9781513262727 $14.99 • PB • 154p • 5 x 8

Animal Stories:

Encounters with Alaska’s Wildlife

By Bill Sherwonit 9781941821084 $17.99 • PB 276p • 6 x 9

Alaska: Portrait of a State

By Fred Hirschmann 9781513262611 $22.99 • PB • 112p • 10 x 10

Alaska’s Bears:

Grizzlies, Black Bears, and Polar Bears, Revised Edition

By Bill Sherwonit Photographs by Tom Walker 9781943328581 $13.99 • PB 108p • 5 x 8

Alaska’s Mushrooms:

A Wide-Ranging Guide

By Gary A. Laursen & Neil McArthur 9781943328499 $26.99 • PB 224p • 6 x 9

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True Stories of Bear Attacks: Who Survived and Why

By Mike Lapinski 9781558686793 $14.95 • PB 224p • 5½ x 8½

Alaska’s Wild Plants:

A Guide to Alaska’s Edible and Healthful Harvest, Revised Edition

By Janice J. Schofield ISBN 9781513262789 $19.99 • PB • 200p • 5 x 8

The Great Alaska Nature Factbook, A Guide to the State’s Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features, Revised Edition

By Susan Ewing 9780882408385 $14.95 • PB 224p • 5½ x 8½

Guide to the Birds of Alaska, 6th Edition

By Robert H. Armstrong 9781941821428 $29.99 • PB • 368p • 5½ x 8½

The Alaska Homesteader’s Handbook:

Independent Living on the Last Frontier

by Tricia Brown & Nancy Gates 9780882408118 $18.95 • PB 162p • 7½ x 9¼

Moose Views

Edited by Tricia Brown Photographs by Alaska Stock LLC 9780882405872 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 8

The Nature of Southeast Alaska:

Alaska’s Wilderness Medicines: Healthful

Plants of the Far North

By Eleanor Viereck 9780882403229 $14.99 • PB 116p • 6¼ x 8¾

A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats, 3rd Edition

By Richard Carstensen, Robert H. Armstrong, & Rita M. O’Clair 9780882409900 $18.99 • PB 310p • 6 x 9

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NATIVE CULTURES

Shamans and Kushtakas:

North Coast Tales of the Supernatural

By Mary Giraudo Beck 9780882404066 $12.99 • PB • 128p • 6 x 9

Alaska’s Totem Poles, Revised

Edition

By Pat Kramer Foreword by David A. Boxley 9780882407319 $14.95 • PB 104p • 5 3⁄ 8 x 8 3⁄ 8

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Last Letters from Attu: The True

Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POW

By Mary Breu Afterword

by Ray Hudson 9780882408101 $18.99 • PB 320p • 5½ x 8 3⁄ 8

Potlatch: Native Ceremony and Myth on the Northwest Coast

By Mary Giraudo Beck 9780882408200 $12.99 • PB • 128p • 6 x 9

The Last Light Breaking:

Living Among Alaska’s Inupiat

By Nick Jans 9780882404585 $17.99 • PB 224p • 6 x 9

Native Cultures in Alaska: Looking

Forward, Looking Back Edited by Tricia Brown Concept by Alaska Geographic 9780882407562 $18.95 • PB 176p • 6 x 9

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Heroes & Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend

By Mary Giraudo Beck 9780882403342 $12.99 • PB • 128p • 6 x 9

What the Elders Have Taught Us: Alaska Native Ways Photographs by Roy Corral Introduction by Will Mayo Text by Natives of Alaska 9780882409092 $14.99 • PB 108p • 5½ x 8¼

The Winter Walk:

A Century-Old Survival Story from the Arctic

By Loretta Outwater Cox 9780882405742 $14.99 • PB 224p • 5 x 7

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CHILDREN’S

Glacier on the Move

By Elizabeth Rusch Illustrated by Alice Brereton 9781513262307 $17.99 • HB • 32p • 10 x 10

Dream Flights on Arctic Nights

By Brooke Hartman Illustrated by Evon Zerbetz 9781513261898 $16.99 • HB • 32p • 8 x 10

A Search for the Northern Lights

By Elizabeth Rusch & Izzi Rusch Illustrated by Cedar Lee ISBN 9781513262901 $17.99 • HB 40p • 10 x 10

Children of the

First People

Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native Kids Profiles by Tricia Brown Photographs by Roy Corral

Recess at 20 Below, Revised Edition

By Cindy Lou Aillaud 9781513261911 $11.99 • PB • 34p • 8 x 10

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Children of the First People:

Fresh Voices of Alaska’s Native Kids Profiles by Tricia Brown Photographs by Roy Corral 9781513261973 $13.99 • PB • 48p • 8 x 10

Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story

By Matthew Lasley Illustrated by Jacob Souva 9781513261874 $17.99 • HB • 32p • 10 x 10

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CHILDREN’S

A is for Alaska

Aurora:

By Boys and Girls Clubs Alaska 9781513261799 $9.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 8

Blueberry Shoe

By Ann Dixon Illustrated by Evon Zerbetz 9780882405193 $12.99 • PB 32p • 10 x 8¼

Groucho’s Eyebrows:

An Alaskan Cat Tale

By Tricia Brown Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee 9780882408927 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

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Baby Animals of the North

A Tale of the Northern Lights

By Mindy Dwyer 9780882405490 $11.99 • PB • 32p • 10 x 83⁄8

Charlie and the Blanket Toss

By Tricia Brown Illustrated by Sarah Martinsen 9781941821664 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

Haibu Saves the Circus Animals

By Blake Freeman 9781513262543 $16.99 • HB 32p • 8 x 8

By Katy Main 9781941821510 $10.99 • PB 36p • 7½ x 9¾

Dance on a Sealskin

By Barbara Winslow Illustrated by Teri Sloat 9781941821800 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

Honey Paw and Lightfoot

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle 9781941821107 $16.99 • HB 32p • 8 x 10

Berry Magic

The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic

By Pam Flowers with Ann Dixon Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth 9780882405803 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became a Sled Dog Hero

By Pam Flowers Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle 9780882406558 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8½ x 10

The Eyes of Gray Wolf

The Hungry Giant of the Tundra

Retold by Teri Sloat Illustrated by Robert Sloat 9780882405360 $9.95 • PB 32p • 8½ x 10½

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Big-Enough Anna:

By Teri Sloat & Betty Huffmon 9780882405766 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

The Itchy Little Musk Ox

By Tricia Brown Illustrated by Debra Dubac 9780882406145 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8½ x 10

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle 9781943328727 $10.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

It’s Only the Wind

By Mindy Dwyer 9781513260747 $16.99 • HB 32p • 8 x 10

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CHILDREN’S

Little Puffin’s First Flight

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle 9780882409245 $10.99 • PB 32 pg • 8 x 10

The Seasons of Little Wolf

Pup the Sea Otter

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Sean London 9781513262840 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle 9781941821749 $11.99 • PB 32p • 8 x 10

The Misadventures of Seldovia Sam Collects books 1–4 of the series

By Susan Woodward Springer Illustrated by Amy Meissner 9781513261669 $14.99 • PB 258p • 5¼ x 8

Chia and the Fox Man

An Alaskan Dena'ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater & Ethan J. Atwater Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer ISBN 9781513262673 $16.99 • HB • 32p • 8 x 10

Sharkabet

By Ray Troll Contributions by American Museum of Natural History 9781558685192 $11.99 • PB 40 pg • 10 x 8½

Kumak’s River:

A Tall Tale from the Far North

By Michael Bania 9780882408873 $9.99 • PB 32 pg • 10 x 83⁄8

Dwyer

A heartwarming primer on words and their concepts, this book tells the quiet story of collection of curios scatters in a storm and a crow returns one of the beloved items.

Author Mindy Dwyer’s lovely illustrations depict each word’s meaning as the young

Treasure

treasures found and lost when a child’s unique

Treasure How Raven Got His Crooked Nose

reader discovers an unexpected friendship between a curious child and a black crow.

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Sweet Dreams, Polar Bear

By Mindy Dwyer 9780882405551 $10.99 • PB 32 pg • 8½ x 8½

Ten Rowdy Ravens

By Susan Ewing Illustrated by Evon Zerbetz 9780882406107 $11.99 • PB 32 pg • 83⁄8 x 10

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Mindy Dwyer

Treasure

By Mindy Dwyer 9781513261959 $16.99 • HB 32p • 9 x 9

The Sleeping Lady

An Alaska Dena’ina Fable Retold by Barbara J. Atwater & Ethan J. Atwater Illustrated by Mindy Dwyer 9781513264394 $11.99 • PB • 32p • 8 x 10

Retold by Ann Dixon Illustrated by Elizabeth Johns 9780882404950 $10.99 • PB 32 pg • 8½ x 11

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MIDDLE READERS

Bristol Bay Summer

Desolation Canyon Bella Bella

Grizzly Peak

By Annie Boochever 9780882409948 $12.99 • PB 258p • 5½ x 8½

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Sean London 9781941821299 $12.99 • PB 168p • 5½ x 8½

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Sean London 9780882409238 $12.99 • PB 180p • 5½ x 8½

By Jonathan London Illustrated by Sean London 9781943328772 $12.99 • PB 174p • 5½ x 8½

Ordinary Dogs, Extraordinary Friendships

Runaways on the Inside Passage

Sojo: Memoirs of a Reluctant Sled Dog

By Pam Flowers Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth 9781943328536 $12.99 • PB 120p • 5½ x 8½

The War Canoe

Secondhand Summer

By Dan Walker 9781943328420 $12.99 • PB • 182p • 6 x 9

Book Two! Back Home

By Dan L. Walker ISBN 9781513262697 $12.99 • PB 198p • 6 x 9 Pub date: April 6, 2021

By Pam Flowers Illustrated by Jason Baskin 9780882409160 $12.99 • PB 144p • 5½ x 8½

By Joe Upton 9780882405650 $16.95 • PB 304p • 5 x 8

By Jamie S. Bryson 9780882407586 $12.99 • PB 180p • 6 x 9

ADULT FICTION

Jimmy Bluefeather

By Kim Heacox 9781943328710 $16.99 • PB 264p • 6 x 9

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pH: a Novel

By Nancy Lord 9781513260686 $16.99 • PB 256p • 5¼ x 8

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ART

Alaska’s Wild Life:

Coloring the National Parks

Artwork by Meggyn Pomerleau 9781513261942 $13.99 • PB 70p • 8 x 10

A Coloring Book Featuring the Artwork of Monica Estill Illustrated by Monica Estill 9781943328642 $13.99 • PB 70p • 8 x 10

Byron Birdsall’s Alaska

Illustrated by Byron Birdsall Foreword by Dana Stabenow 9781941821503 $18.99 • PB • 104p • 9 x 7

FOOD

The Alaska Wild Berry Cookbook: Homestyle Recipes from the Far North, Revised Edition 9781513261195 $19.99 • PB • 208p • 7½ x 9¼

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The Alaska Homegrown Cookbook:

The Best Recipes from the Last Frontier Introduction by Kirsten Dixon 9780882408576 $16.99 • PB 224p • 6 x 9

Baked Alaska:

Recipes for Sweet Comforts from the North Country

By Sarah Eppenbach 9781943328246 $16.99 • PB 98p • 8 x 8

The Tutka Bay Lodge Cookbook: Coastal Cuisine from the Wilds of Alaska

By Kirsten Dixon & Mandy Dixon 9781941821824 $22.99 • PB 224p • 8½ x 10

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STILL AVAILABLE LIFESTYLE Alaska Light By Kim Heacox 9780944197554 • $22.95 • PB • 112p • 10 x 9½ Arctic Daughter By Jean Aspen (on Amazon Prime) 9781941821169 • $18.99 • PB • 240p • 6 x 9 Arctic Son By Jean Aspen (on Amazon Prime) 9780882409207 • $18.99 • PB • 276p • 6 x 9 Also on DVD: 9781941821244 • $24.99 A Place Beyond By Nick Jans 9780882408071 • $17.99 • PB • 192p • 5½ x 8½ A Tender Distance By Kaylene Johnson 9780882407722 • $16.95 • PB • 208p • 5½ x 8½ Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life

By Bradford Washburn with Lew Freedman 9780882409078 • $19.99 • PB • 320p • 6 x 9

MIDDLE READERS Goodbye, My Island By Jean Rogers; Illustrated by Rie Muñoz 9780882405384 • $9.99 • PB • 96p • 5½ x 8½

In the Valley of the Grizzly By Ed Ferrell 9780882407708 • $12.95 • PB • 184p • 5½ x 8½ CHILDREN’S Quilt of Dreams By Mindy Dwyer

9780882405223 • $15.95 • HB • 32p • 103⁄8 x 8¾

FOOD Wild about Game By Janie Hibler

9781943328062 • $19.99 • PB • 320p • 7½ x 9

Jump Shot By Lew Freedman 9780882409931 • $16.99 • PB • 218p • 6 x 9 Johnny’s Girl By Kim Rich 9780882405247 • $18.99 • PB • 304p • 5½ x 8½ Journeys to the Far North By Olaus J. Murie 9781941821732 •$16.99 • PB • 254p • 6 x 9 Lowell Thomas Jr. By Lowell Thomas Jr. with Lew Freedman 9781941821633 •$19.99 • PB • 282p • 6 x 9 My Season on the Kenai By Lew Freedman 9780882409061 • $16.99 • PB • 218p • 6 x 9 Noel Merrill Wien By Noel Merrill Wien 9781943328406 • $19.99 • PB • 210p • 6 x 9 On Patrol By Ray Tremblay; Foreword by Jim Rearden 9780882405735 • $16.99 • PB • 224p • 5½ x 8½ Racing Toward Recovery By Mike Williams Sr. and Lew Freedman 9781941821442 • $17.99 • PB • 214p • 6 x 9 Seaplanes Along the Inside Passage By Gerry Bruder 9780882409580 • $17.99 • PB • 194p • 5½ x 8½ Thunder on the Tundra By Lew Freedman 9780882407425 • $14.95 • PB • 264p • 5½ x 8½ Winging It! By Jack Jefford,

as told to Ms. Carmen Jefford Fisher and Mr. Mark Fisher 9780882408163 •$18.95 • PB • 320p • 6 x 9

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