Following the Alaskan Dream

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Summary: Alaskan Dream
Review: Anyone who has been to Southeast Alaska will enjoy reading this book. Those who haven't will be taken there by pen and photographs. It takes one back to an era that will never be relived...wonderful stories of young people taking chances and succeeding. She paints beautiful descriptions with words. If adventure is in your spirit, this is a must read.

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Summary: A Wonderful Life
Review: Besides telling the not-to-be-put-down story of her life, the author has created a historical document of southeastern Alaska, including the changes that occured during her many years there. The book is also a source of inspirational quotations which embody the Alaskan spirit. Marilyn Jordan George is a multitalented person; I am glad she penned her life story.

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Summary: Following the Alaskan Dream
Review: Following the Alaskan Dream is a wonderful book from the first page to the end! Marilyn George takes you with her as she recaps the excitment, adventure, loves and sorrow of her life. If you have every dreamed of adventure, felt Alaska was the last frontier, this is a book you will want to read. This woman conquered challenges from the land, the sea, relatives, friends & foe - long before women were known to do that type of thing! I will re-read this book many, many times just to re-live the story.

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Summary: Pure Pleasure
Review: I bought this book at a book-signing Marilyn was having at Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center in Alaska. I was was there on a side trip from a cruise ship, and it was my lucky day. Marilyn autographed it for me, and I took it back to the ship - where it hardly left my hands for the balance of the cruise, and on the plane home. What a great book! Reading this account of Marilyn's early life with her husband in Alaska is like becoming a part of her family. You suffer with them when they don't find fish, and rejoice with them when the year is good. You see in your mind's eye the beauty of Alaskan waters, and can almost smell the salty air as they hunt the elusive salmon. You rejoice in the birth of each child, and marvel at their life aboard a small fishing boat. You live with them in the tiny cabin they build on land. Written in the first person, Marilyn brings you to Alaska and into her family with a wealth of details, and with a skill and honesty to be admired. The book deserves every one of it's Five Stars rating. Do yourself a favor and buy it for some long weekend when you want a really good read. You will not regret it!

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Summary: What an Adventure
Review: Marilyn literally takes you aboard with her and her family. I almost got sea sick. LOL Marilyn is articulate and tells it like it is. She doesn't sugar coat the unfortunate happenings. You will laugh, you will cry and you will get angry at certain characters. All in all a wonderful read.

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Summary: What an Adventure
Review: Marilyn literally takes you aboard with her and her family. I almost got sea sick. LOL Marilyn is articulate and tells it like it is. She doesn't sugar coat the unfortunate happenings. You will laugh, you will cry and you will get angry at certain characters. All in all a wonderful read.

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Summary: Hope that there is a sequel!!!
Review: My husband and I had just spent a number of fascinating days exploring The Pan Handle of Alaska (Southeast Alaska)-Which included-a number of communities that are only reached by boat or plane, as well as gliding among the ice floats in an area called Tracy's Arm to view a large glacier. When we landed in Petersberg we visited the museum and met Marilyn Jordan George. We could not resist buying her book; Following The Alaskan Dream.
We have both read it and have both thoroughly enjoyed it. The author gives you a detailed account of how life was lived during her days of salmon trolling in Southeast Alaska. Marilyn recounts the good-times and the trials of raising a family living on a boat, while salmon trolling with her husband, Skip Jordan.
It was most gratifying to read and enjoy a book that represents how positive thinking and a zest for life can give you such great pleasure. I was very sorry it ended---and hoped that there will be a sequel. Eliot Marshall/Klatzkin-Yardley, Pa.


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Summary: Following The Alaskan Dream
Review: This turned out to be one of the most gripping stories about fishing in Alaska that I've read. Written in the first person, it makes you feel like you are right there with Marilyn as she experiences the wonder, bounty, beauty and harshness of the troller's life so many years ago. You have to read it to believe the many trials and tribulations she and her family are dealt while trying to make a life up north. Starting in 1943 and her romance with Skip Jordan, this story held my interest to the ending in 1986 where Marilyn is fishing with her son, Eric, and his son, Kris, catching 106 King salmon in a single day.

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Summary: Experience life on a fishing boat
Review: Vivid portrayal of southeast Alaska's vanishing fishing industry. Sharing the author's lifetime of experiences I could almost feel salt spray in my face. A must-read for anyone who has lived in this beautiful country, has visited there, or dreams of Alaska.