Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan WildsMacmillan, 20 okt 2000 - 300 pagina's In 1973, Norma Cobb, her husband Lester and the their five children, the oldest of whom was nine years old and the youngest, twins, barely one, pulled up stakes in the lower 48 and headed north to Alaska to follow a pioneer dream of claiming land under the Homestead Act. The only land available lay north of Fairbanks near the Arctic Circle where grizzlies outnumbered humans twenty to one. In addition to fierce winters and predatory animals, the Alaskan frontier drew the more unsavory elements of society's fringes. From the beginning, the Cobbs found themselves pitted in a life or death feud with unscrupulous neighbors who would rob from new settlers, attempt to burn them out, shoot them and jump their claim. The Cobbs were chechakos, tenderfeet, in a lost land that consumed even toughened settlers. Everything, including their "civilized" past, conspired to defeat them. They constructed a cabin--and first snow collapsed the roof. They built too near the creek and spring breakup threatened to flood them out. Bears prowled the nearby woods, stalking the children and Lester Cobb would leave for months at a time in search of work. But through it all, they survived on the strength of Norma Cobb--a woman whose love for her family knew no bounds and whose courage in the face of mortal danger is an inspiration to us all. This is her story. |
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Alaska Alaskan bush animal Arctic Arnold bear became Bombardier breakup bush bushers Bushman cabin camp Cara and Cora claim Cobbs Cranick dark Dead Horse Pass dogs door dreams Eskimo Eureka eyes Fairbanks feet fish frozen going gold grinned grizzly hand Homestead Act homesteading hunting husband Iditarod Jeff Stoddard Joe Pumper Joseph Creek kids knew Lady land Les's Lester living looked Manley Manley Hot Springs miles Minook Creek Minook Valley moose morning mountain mukluks mushing never night Norma North Pete Pasquali pickup pioneer pipeline Prudhoe Bay Rampart Rick Swenson rifle road roof Sean Sean's seemed shot shouted sleeping snow Snowshoe hares spring spruce started stood stream summer Susan Butcher tent thing Tommy took trail trees trip sock Trooper truck turned walked wanted Westbrooks wilderness winter wolves woman Yagers Yukon Yukon River