Fearless Men and Fabulous Women: A Reporter's Memoir from Alaska & the Yukon

Rating:
Summary: Fearlessly Fabulous!
Review: Stanton Patty's book, Fearless Men & Fabulous Women, was nothing short of a wonderful read. When you sit down to read this book, don't expect to just read bits and pieces over a period of time. You are going to want to keep plowing through it to the end. Each chapter brings out a new and different person or adventure that keeps the pages turning. His writing style, obviously influenced heavily by his many years as a journalist, was free from jargon and colloquialisms that might prove distracting to most readers.

His stories vary widely. They include both men and women; politicians and prostitutes; even bush pilots and tug boat captains. Each person comes to life, almost as if the reader were there looking over Patty's shoulder.

From the time it hit my desk I just kept turning the pages in anticipation of what the next chapter would bring. I think you've got a very hot book on your hands with this one. It's going to be popular not only with Alaskans who have heard stories about all of the men and women in his book, but also with people from Outside who just want to know more about the fearless men and fabulous women who made this a great place to live and work.

My two favorite chapters where those that dealt with the author's childhood growing up at a gold mine and the chapter about the Queen of the Klondike, Klondike Kate. But then again, I am biased.

At the end of it all, the one thought that came immediately to my mind was, "If I could only meet half of the people that Stanton Patty did, I would have lived a full and exciting life."