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Clam Gulch
The Kenaitze and Athabaskan Indians were among the first to inhabit Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. Russian fur trappers arrived in the late eighteenth century. Captain James Cook explored Cook Inlet in 1778. Americans started coming to the area after the United States purchased the territory from Russia in 1876. Per Osmar and his family homesteaded in the Clam Gulch area in 1948.
Scott Ransom did not go to Alaska with the idea of writing a travel book. He hitchhiked there from upstate New York in 1972. His last ride left him off at Osmar's Ocean Specialties, a salmon processing plant. He spent the next ten years in Alaska, working as a commercial fisherman, an oil-field hand on the North Slope, and as a tax preparer on the Kenai Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. He met his wife at the cannery and they were married at the Clam Shell Lodge.
Meet some memorable Alaskan characters: Seth Wright, the slightly eccentric, tougher-than-nails commercial fisherman, trapper, and hunter; Per Osmar's son Dean, a highline fisherman and champion sled-dog musher; the author's sometime fishing partner, Bob Toll; and Gidget, the world's ugliest dog.
Clam Gulch is a memoir written with humor and passion that will introduce you to a part of Alaska that tourists never see.
Scott Ransom did not go to Alaska with the idea of writing a travel book. He hitchhiked there from upstate New York in 1972. His last ride left him off at Osmar's Ocean Specialties, a salmon processing plant. He spent the next ten years in Alaska, working as a commercial fisherman, an oil-field hand on the North Slope, and as a tax preparer on the Kenai Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. He met his wife at the cannery and they were married at the Clam Shell Lodge.
Meet some memorable Alaskan characters: Seth Wright, the slightly eccentric, tougher-than-nails commercial fisherman, trapper, and hunter; Per Osmar's son Dean, a highline fisherman and champion sled-dog musher; the author's sometime fishing partner, Bob Toll; and Gidget, the world's ugliest dog.
Clam Gulch is a memoir written with humor and passion that will introduce you to a part of Alaska that tourists never see.
515 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 26, 2011
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September 2, 2019
Exceptional reflection on life, love, and the longing Alaska infects nearly all its visitors. My best friend Tom and I visited Homer in 1989, stayed on Kevin’s boat while the Exxon mess was being sorted out. While a Plattsburgh Native, he had become a part of the Alaskan fabric.
This story, while long on details, will transport you to the Kenai Peninsula and almost refuse to let you leave. Characters and events so real you can almost smell the fish as they are plucked from the nets.
Scott Ransom has an engaging way with words and an additive hold on your emotions as you follow him back and forth across our 49th state.
This story, while long on details, will transport you to the Kenai Peninsula and almost refuse to let you leave. Characters and events so real you can almost smell the fish as they are plucked from the nets.
Scott Ransom has an engaging way with words and an additive hold on your emotions as you follow him back and forth across our 49th state.
March 19, 2024
Great Life Story
There are some places that will never let you go. Once you’ve been there your compass always points back there. You can come and go, but part of you always remains. There are a lot of sorrows in this story, but it is an honest story of struggle and discovery. Well with the read, and poignantly written.
There are some places that will never let you go. Once you’ve been there your compass always points back there. You can come and go, but part of you always remains. There are a lot of sorrows in this story, but it is an honest story of struggle and discovery. Well with the read, and poignantly written.
May 1, 2025
Great book about Alaska
I really enjoyed this book. I moved to Alaska, Soldotna area in 1995, been 30 years now and would not trade it for anything. Several names and most the places in the book bring back a lot memories. Excellent read, Scott brings the story to life...
I really enjoyed this book. I moved to Alaska, Soldotna area in 1995, been 30 years now and would not trade it for anything. Several names and most the places in the book bring back a lot memories. Excellent read, Scott brings the story to life...
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