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\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"More psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe.\"\u0026#151;Frank McCourt\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cI\u003eLone Wolves\u003c/I\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful and moving story of courage and love.\"\u0026#151;Ray Bradbury\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Powerful, eloquent, and fascinating, showcasing a vanishing way of life in rich detail.\"\u0026#151;\u003cI\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An adept focus on coming-of-age and an illuminating glimpse of Native Alaskan cultures.\"--\u003cI\u003eThe Horn Book\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A gifted storyteller with a unique perspective. . . . A breathlessly paced and thrilling ride for readers of all ages.\"--\u003cI\u003eCambridge Book Review\u003c/I\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003cI\u003eThe Great Death\u003c/I\u003e and \u003cI\u003eAlaskan\u003c/I\u003e:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gripping and poignant. . . . Smelcer's prose is clean and rich; original yet unpretentious.\"\u0026#151;\u003cI\u003eHorn Book\u003c/I\u003e, starred review\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Smelcer is Alaska's modern-day Jack London.\"\u0026#151;W.P. Kinsella\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An indispensible contribution to Alaskan literature.\"\u0026#151;J. D. Salinger\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Smelcer speaks from the land, for the land, and the people who belong to it.\"\u0026#151;Ursula K. Le Guin\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSixteen-year-old Seth and his dog fall off his father's commercial fishing boat in Prince William Sound. They struggle to survive off land and sea as they work their way home from island to island in a three-month journey. The isolation allows Seth to understand his father's love, accept his Native Alaskan heritage, and accept his grief over his mother's death.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cB\u003eJohn Smelcer\u003c/B\u003e is poetry editor of \u003cI\u003eRosebud\u003c/I\u003e and the author of more than forty books. He is an Alaskan native of the Ahtna tribe, and the last tribal member who reads and writes in Ahtna. He divides his time between Talkeetna, Alaska, and Kirksville, Missouri, where he teaches in the department of communications studies at Truman State University.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e |
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