Looking For Alaska

Best-selling author of "A Walk Across America", Peter Jenkins,spent 18 months in search of one of the most incredible places in the world, Alaska. Peter traveled over 20,000 miles in tiny bush planes, pulled by sled dogs, on snow machines and on snowshoes, in salmon fishing boats, on the Alaska Marine Highway and the Haul Road, searching for what defines Alaska. Hearing the stories of many real Alaskans, Peter gets to know this place in a way only he can. Also, he takes his family with him, renting a "home base" in Seward, Alaska, and coming and going from there. His family joins him at times on his unforgettable adventures, including Rebekah, his 20 year old daughter. She discovers her own wild Alaska, with and without her father, and writes a portion of this book. The resulting diary of discovery, a national best seller, is being called "one of the best books ever written about Alaska." Included are excerpts from interviews from the actual characters, along with nature sounds that Peter recorded throughout Alaska. Read by the authors.