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Summary: Inconsistent Ramblings - Poor Research - Be Warned!
Review: Peter Jenkins - At leaset you could spell the names of the characters correctly. I personally know 3 of the characters in the book... and all three have their names spelled incorrectly. And they are not difficult names! You would think that his notes and his research - if as meticulous as he professes - would surface such discrepencies. This makes me wonder what other careless attitudes rendered such blithe mistakes. I have lived in Alaska for 14 years... and his pitifully boring ramblings provide nothing in the way of entertainment. Facts (or are they) piled on top of eachother. Overly dramatized passages that make me know he is thrilling himself with ineptitude. Countless pages of silly characters and situations that do not portray everyday life in "the Last Frontier." Shame on Peter Jenkins for riding his "Walk Across" glory to the fringes of my home and then mocking it with boring anecdotes.
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Summary: The book for real and would be adventurers...
Review: Looking for Alaska was all I expected from one of the finest observer's of America's soul. Just another reminder that America's true strength comes not simply from money or machines but from its resilient and constantly surprising people. The long awaited warmth of December has just arrived here in New Zealand but Peter's Alaska tempted me to board the next plane to the cold and snowy north. Even if I never get the chance to see the remarkable land of Alaska I have already tasted its enchantment.
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Summary: Travel to Alaska for the Price of a Book
Review: Just as Peter Jenkins did in his "Walk Across Amercia", he has made one feel as if they had taken the journey with him. When I read his first two books, it seemed as if I had walked across America and knew all of the wonderful characters he told about. This time he has taken me on a journey, along with his family to the last frountier. I enjoyed learning about real Alaskans from all walks of life. Some natives, others were transplants, and they were all discribed in a way that made me feel that I now know them personally.
I enjoyed most the areas of Alaska that I have never visited. The trip to Deering where the young Dean and Eric taught school in a village of 150 people and Cardova, the town on the Prince William Sound with no roads in or out, were among my favorites.
I would recomend this book to anyone that enjoys Travel or Human Intrest stories.
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Summary: Recommended reading for anyone interested in Alaska
Review: I am a military wife and soon to be stationed in Anchorage, AK. Peter Jenkins is a tremendously gifted author in the way he described what he experienced in Alaska...the sights...the colors...the textures...he makes it come alive. Just as most people would recommend the "Milepost" when going to Alaska, "Looking for Alaska" should also be required reading. I can't wait to read his other works!
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Summary: Peter (Walk Across America) Does It Again!!
Review: Have you ever wanted to go to Alaska? Maybe even stay long enough to actually get to know some of the people? Meet come interesting characters? Here's you chance to go, even if it is a vicarious visit. Read the Seward Log, and keep track of the moose and bears visiting in the neighborhood. Visit with a family who live out in the wilderness- every board and nail for their home had to be brought in by snow machines. Ride along in the sled of one of Alaska's top mushers, Jeff King, as he prepares for the Ididarod. Meet Hobo Jim who wrote the song, I Did I Did the Ididarod Trail! And more!! There's only one problem... the book ends entirely too soon!!!
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Summary: looking for alaska
Review: I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!
I think peter jenkins is a great writer and he is the MAN!!!! when it comes to travel books actually he's the man anyways hahaha anyways I love your books peter keep it up
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Summary: Looking for Alaska, but Finding Much More
Review: The first time around, he set out to walk across America. Now, many years later, he's at it again, this time to conquer the final fronier, Alaska.
He manages to go beyond the tales of bear attacks, dog sledding, an fishing expeditions, and reveals a glimmer into the very souls of the Alaskan people.
He introduces us to Jeff King, a three time Iditarod winner, but goes beyond the dog sledding,and tells what Jeff hangs on his refrigerator, and how Jeff spends time with his kids.
He shows us Ted Spraker, a man who is in charge of taking care of all wildlife related catastophies that may occur, but he goes beyond the bear attacks and the moose rescues, and shows you how Ted goes about his daily life.
This is not a book simply about a family living in Alaska. It is the story of one man who risked it all, uprooted his family, and moved to one of the most unknown regions of the world.
I'm a 17 year old boy, and if this book did anything for me, it inspired me to go out and do all the things I've always been afraid to do. Jenkins shows people that the ones who say, "I'll get around to it later" never really get around to it. This book will reinforce your confidence to go out and fulfil your dreams with every page you read.
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Summary: An Excellent Work by the Author of A WALK ACROSS AMERICA
Review: In 1973, Peter Jenkins set off with a backpack and his dog Cooper looking for America. He lived with and listened to people from every kind of life, learning much along the way. From his five-year adventure, he wrote two books: A Walk Across America and The Walk West. Jenkins now enjoys living on his 150-acre farm in Spring Hill, Tenn. Whenever his sedentary life becomes boring, however, he knows it's time to satisfy his wanderlust; otherwise, as he puts it, he would having nothing to write about. Stepping to the sound of a different drummer, Jenkins, accompanied by his wife Rita and daughters Rebekah and Julianne, trek northward to Alaska, "the Last Frontier," an austere land that does not suffer fools gladly. Alaskan winters are not for the faint of heart or tender of foot. In this land of snow, ice, and bitter cold, temperatures drop to sixty, eighty, or a hundred degrees below zero. True, it is a land where one can live one's dreams--even surpass one's dreams--but where dreams may turn into nightmares. "Alaska makes people hallucinate," writes Jenkins. "It takes hold of you, it makes some believe there is no gravity. They can enter the power and purity of it and be uninjured, jump from a mountaintop and not land on the rocks below." From his "home base" of Seward, on the Kenai Peninsula, Jenkins travels to Hydaburg on Prince of Wales Island, and on to Tok, not far from the border of Yukon Territory, where he stays at a B&B named WinterCabin: "Where the Stars Sleep Beneath the Northern Lights." WinterCabin is owned and operated by Donna Blasor-Bernhardt, who has her annual "Before Winter List" of things to do (that must be done). Summertime in Alaska is a window of opportunity to prepare for the long, arduous winter ahead. "Winter in Tok," writes Jenkins, "needs to be spelled in all capital letters, WINTER." Jenkins describes the running of the Iditarod (from Anchorage to Nome). He travels by snow machine (Alaskans never call them snowmobiles) above the Arctic Circle to the delightful Jayne household (Eric, Vicky, Mike, Pete, Elizabeth, and Dan), some sixty miles from Coldfoot; visits Denali National Park and the Alaska Range; lives in Barrow, the northernmost town in the United States; and moves on to Kotzebue, Deering, and Unatakleet, near the Bering Strait and the closest Russian landfall. "[Alaska] is filled with people determined to live as free as possible of others' intervention," writes Jenkins. "Alaska may have served as the incubator for the behavior now termed politically incorrect. They despise being herded; if they were sheep, they would never go off the cliff together. More than likely, they'd trample the shepherd." Peter Jenkins has experienced enough adventures for several lifetimes. In Looking for Alaska, perhaps the best book he has written, he will regale you with firsthand reports of life in our largest and coldest state. Jenkins didn't just zoom in and zoom out of Alaska; he lived among its people for eighteen months and won their trust. Scattered through this volume are numerous black-and-white photos, plus 29 beautiful full-color photos. If you want an excellent holiday gift for family and friends, or an unforgettable reading experience of your own, put Looking for Alaska at the top of your must-buy book list.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: I first became acquainted with Peter Jenkins when I read "A Walk Across America" in 1991 while I was in graduate school. I quickly bought and read "The Walk West," "The Road Unseen," "Across China," and "Close Friends." These books inspired me to seek out new relationships and new experiences as I moved to Kazakhstan to teach tri-lingual students. "Looking For Alaska" is a book that fits in well with Peter Jenkins former books. His style reflects a more mature and reflective Peter, but one that loves to relate to new people and places just as much as in "A Walk Across America." This is not a book that you will want to read fast, but one that you want to hold on to for as long as you can. I highly recommend this book. Peter Jenkins has allowed himself to live the adventures that we all secretly wish we could.
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Summary: Heart of Alaska
Review: Peter Jenkins has captured the heart and soul of the Alaska experience like few people can from the lower 48. He describes people and places rarely seen even by lifelong residents of Alaska, avoiding the cities and tourist traps made famous by Cruise Lines and outfitters. With sensitivity to the issues most passionate to Alaska residents he brings the harshness, beauty and isolation of Alaska to life with vivid images and germaine dialogue. For anyone having been to Alaska his stroies will rekindle the flame of wonder that they experienced firsthand. For anyone dreaming of seeing this rare and spectacular place this book will require them to make such a trip their top priority. Mr. Jenkins both observes and experiences the places he visits,but inclusion of his wife and children makes this odyssey even more intimate than his past accounts. He allows them to recount their own perceptions as well as his own, and in doing so allows the reader to feel a part of the family. If you only read one book about Alaska from which to form an opinion about it make sure you read Looking For Alaska. You will find a magical land in a jewel of a book.
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