Readers follow 91-year-old Kate as she reminisces about living in the little town of Muckluck, Alaska, in the 1930s-1940s. Although a fictional tale, the characters she describes ring true to the era.

Muckluck, Alaska: Where Nothing Ever Happens

Literature & Fiction

Augustine, Lisa

Genre Fiction

Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC

COExisting With Nature is a story of love, life and courage in America’s national parks and Alaska’s rugged wilderness. An adventurous young couple, Darrell and Jean Coe, began their married life when Darrell became a park ranger in the secluded East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Coes traveled to Alaska in the 1960s, where Darrell worked as a park ranger at then-Mount McKinley National Park and Katmai National Park and Preserve. An ironic twist of fate tested the park ranger’s ethics, so he left the National Park Service to pursue another passion: teaching. The Coes embarked on a second career as schoolteachers in remote regions of Alaska. Unfortunately, a deadly cancer brought Darrell’s life to an end all too soon. Jean Coe continued their work, and today is retired and lives in Fairbanks.

COExisting With Nature: A story of love, life and courage in the nation's parks and Alaska's wilderness

Hughes, Jim

Coe, Jean

Biographies & Memoirs

Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents Jack London's Call of the Wild and other stories published in early 1900s.

Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents The Call of the Wild: And Other Northland Stories

LONDON, JACK.

Action & Adventure

Published in 1922, Where The Sun Swings North is the first novel written by Florence Barrett Willoughby, who many call Alaska’s first official author. In an effort to bring her amazing fictional tale to those interested in Alaska history, Aunt Phil's Trunk is proud to present this work with a biography of the author in the back of the book. This tale of adventure is a fictionalized account of Barrett Willoughby's family’s real-life experience when stranded on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska for 10 months in 1896-1897 when Willoughby was 10 years old. They may have had few provisions, but they had an intense will to live. The cast of characters in this story includes a heroine and her Irish husband, a younger lady pure of heart, a drunkard and a diabolical trader who wants the Irishman’s wife for his own. Add to this group the elements of Alaska’s wild land and unpredictable weather and you’ve got a tale of adventure you won’t soon forget. “It is so true to the country about which it is written that even an Alaskan can read it and enjoy it.” – The Pathfinder, May 1922 “It breathes the real Alaskan spirit. It is interesting and clean, like the great out-of-doors in the Northland.” – Sitka Tribune, December 1922

Where The Sun Swings North: An Alaska Adventure

Willoughby, Florence Barrett

A journal with 31 prompts aimed at encouraging fiction writers to develop ideas for writing stories.

Aunt Phil's Trunk Journaling Fiction: Prompts For Fiction Writers

Education & Teaching

Bill, Laurel Downing

Studying & Workbooks

The Spoilers: Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents

Beach., Rex

Alaska history decoded! Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is a must read for anyone interested in Alaska's history! Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is filled with entertaining nonfiction short stories and hundreds of historical photographs that share Alaska's history from 1912 to 1935. This volume, appropriate for ages 9 to 99, is a delightful journey through Alaska's growing pains as a territory of the United States. Did you know? <ul>
<li>The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Alaska's largest town in 1915?</li>
<li>Mushers and dog teams risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925?</li>
<li>Famous aviator Wiley post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow in 1935?</li>
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 These and dozens more little-known stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three Laurel Bill has an extraordinary eye for the telling detail. She knows a good story when she hears it and knows how to tell it. Her history comes alive. Thank goodness she's turned her talents to these compelling chapters from Alaska's rich past. - Kim Rich, Author, Johnny's Girl Drawn from the eventful stories told by Alaskans, author Laurel Downing Bill has expertly woven a seamless narrative of fascinating fact and lore spanning the triumphs and tragedies of the Great Land. - Pennelope Goforth, Author, Sailing The Mail Informative and entertaining, the stories in "Aunt Phil's Trunk" show that there is much more to Alaska than Eskimos, igloos, ice floes and polar bears. Whether you've lived in Alaska all of your life, or you've always wanted to visit, you'll be enthralled by this collection of stories and photos chronicling a patchwork of Alaska's forgotten heroes. - Heather Resz, Editor, Alaska Newspapers Inc. Thousands of print books sold worldwide! Order your copy of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three now! Read More here: The third book in the Aunt Phil's Trunk series is packed with easy-to-read short stories and close to 350 historical photographs to entertain the history buff within. It highlights the pioneering spirit of early Alaska as it enters a new era as a territory of the United States and showcases stories about early Anchorage and the Alaska Railroad. Other stories include: · Epidemics and rescues · Daring flyboys of the 1920s · Colonists who turn wilderness into fertile ground where giant vegetables grow · Alaska's Native people struggling for recognition Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is a treasure trove of short stories about Alaska's colorful past and is filled with close to 350 rare historical photographs.

Aunt Phil's Trunk: Volume 3

Laurel Downing Bill

Phyllis Downing Carlson

Alaska history decoded! Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four is a must read for anyone interested in Alaska's history! Following in the fast-paced and entertaining footsteps of the previous three volumes, Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four captures the essence of life in Alaska between 1935 and 1960. Its vivid nonfiction short stories and more-than 350 historical photographs highlight major events of World War II, the Cold War era and Alaska's struggle for statehood. Did you know? * The Japanese bombed and occupied two islands in the Aleutian Chain during WWII? * The U.S. Air Force song was written by an Alaskan? * Eskimo Scouts guarded more than 2,000 miles of Alaska's coastline for no pay? These and dozens more little-known stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four and share Alaska's colorful past from 1935 to 1960. I've been touting these books since the first volume appeared three years ago. They combine clear writing and plenty of details without getting bogged down in minutia. They include both the big stories and many lesser-known incidents. And they are densely illustrated with photographs showing what life was like in Alaska's earlier days. It's a great package, and it hasn't failed yet ... If you haven't done so, take some time and open Aunt Phil's Trunk; you'll find plenty of treasures inside. - David James, Fairbanks Daily News Miner Our family has lived more than five generations in Alaska, witnessing and experiencing many of the historic moments Laurel Bill has written about in her comprehensive compilation of stories and events that shaped Alaska today ... The volumes of Aunt Phil's Trunk are a terrific, fast-paced read and should be required for all students of Alaska history. - Gail McIver Phillips, Former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Thousands of print books sold worldwide! Order your copy of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four now! Read More Here: World War II brought big defense dollars north, which helped bolster Alaska's economy. It also brought: * A secret Russian mission to Fairbanks * Interment of Aleut people * A proliferation of tuberculosis During the Cold War era, Alaska saw another increase of money and people into the Last Frontier. This period of its colorful past also generated stories of heroic Alaska Airlines flights for freedom, Alaska Natives' battles against discrimination and the blossoming of Anchorage into a jewel on the tundra. The last section of this action-packed volume features Alaska's 91-year-old struggle for statehood. Tales of tenacity, hope and determination fill these pages, and they also showcase many of the movers and shakers of days gone by, Alaska's first elected governor and the discovery of crude oil that tipped the balance toward statehood. Many more entertaining, nonfiction stories fill the pages of Volume Four. It is a treasure trove of short stories, along with close to 350 rare historical photographs, suitable for ages 9 to 99.

Aunt Phil's Trunk: Volume 4

History

Americas

This third book in the Aunt Phil's Trunk Alaska history series is filled with entertaining short stories and hundreds of historical photographs covering the Last Frontier's past from 1912 to 1935. Did you know: • The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Alaska's largest town in 1915? • Mushers and dogs risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome 1925? • Aviator Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow 1935? From the early days of the Alaska Railroad to one of the the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th Century, the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is sure to keep readers from ages 9 to 99 spellbound.

Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three

This book pays tribute to one of the North Country’s most beloved poets and shares his first published collection of poems that debuted in 1907. Even though he never lived in Alaska, Robert W. Service helped put it on the map for most people with ballads like “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Call of the Wild.” Known as “The Bard of the Yukon,” Service felt a connection to the land and the people of the North and later told a newspaper that the nine years he spent in the Yukon (1904-1912) were “some of the happiest” of his life. “All the things I am and have, I owe to the north.” Service said in the late 1940s. This book also features a short biography of the Bard of the Yukon, with photos.

Aunt Phil's Trunk Proudly Presents: The Spell of the Yukon

SERVICE, Robert W.

Poetry

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