Table of Contents

Map — 3, Foreword: Proving Up the Alaska Way — 7, vIntroduction: The Book of Experience — 8, How to Live Off the Grid — 10, How to Dress for Below-Zero Temps — 13, How to Bake in a Wood-Fired Oven — 16, How to Start a Chainsaw — 18, How to Avoid an Avalanche — 21, How to Build a Snowmachine Sled — 24, How to Field Dress a Moose — 30, How to Take Care of Your Sourdough — 33, How to Build a Dock — 36, How to Cross a River Safely — 40, How to Live Among Bears — 42, How to Build a Steambath — 46, How to Age Game Meat — 50, How to Build a Dog Team — 54, How to Operate a “Bush Maytag” — 58, How to Build an Outhouse — 61, How to Catch a King Salmon — 64, How to Read a River — 67, How to Put in a Winter Water Hole — 70, How to Lay a Woodstove Fire — 73, How to Identify Edible Berries — 76, How to Build a Cache — 79, How to Keep Moose Out of the Garden — 82, How to Land a Bush Plane — 85, How to Build a Root Cellar — 88, How to Handle Isolation — 91, How to Make Zucchini Bread — 95, How to Grow Giant Cabbages — 98, How to Make Birch Syrup — 102, How to Travel with Packhorses — 105, How to Build an Airstrip — 108, How to Feed and Water your Family — 112, How to Smoke Salmon — 116, How to Assemble a First Aid Kit — 119, How to Use Horsepower to Haul Wood — 122, How to Tie Useful Knots — 125, How to Avoid—or Survive—Falling Through the Ice — 129, How to Can Salmon on the Beach — 132, How to Overwinter Chickens — 135, How to Spin Dog Fur — 138, How to Build an Icehouse — 141, How to Run a Trapline — 144, How to Survive Alaska Winters in Tent — 148, Acknowledgements — 152, Reading List — 155, Index — 158