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Drazenovich: An Alaskan Adventure
Late fall, 2001, Paul Claus, bush pilot and owner of Ultima Thule Lodge in the wilds of Alaska, dropped Tom off at a remote cabin in the wilderness for the winter. When Paul returned in late March, 2002 to pick up Tom, the young trapper was acting very strange and refused to speak.
After flying Tom out of the wilderness and dropping him off in Chitina, Paul returned to his remote cabin to determine the cause of Tom’s odd behavior. Back at the cabin, Paul discovered Tom’s journal tucked under the mattress on the bunk.
Paul, not realizing what he held, flopped open the book and began reading. Over a period of some days, Tom had written about repeated meetings and conversations with another trapper named Paul who allegedly had a camp two miles upriver from the cabin.
Paul Claus was stymied. He knew of no camp upriver from his remote cabin and he definitely knew that he had not been here on the dates indicated by Tom. Tom’s journal entries seemed weird—crazy!
The next day, Paul and his son Jay decided to fly upriver to look for this camp of which Tom wrote. After a flyover and combing the ground on foot, they found the camp alright, or rather its ruins. For nearby they discovered the signature of its owner carved in a tree: “Paul Drazenovich 1918.”
Reality meets fiction as the author unfolds the tale of Paul Drazenovich and the harrowing adventures that brought him to Alaska and into the near inaccessible reaches of the rugged Wrangle Mountains so long ago.
After flying Tom out of the wilderness and dropping him off in Chitina, Paul returned to his remote cabin to determine the cause of Tom’s odd behavior. Back at the cabin, Paul discovered Tom’s journal tucked under the mattress on the bunk.
Paul, not realizing what he held, flopped open the book and began reading. Over a period of some days, Tom had written about repeated meetings and conversations with another trapper named Paul who allegedly had a camp two miles upriver from the cabin.
Paul Claus was stymied. He knew of no camp upriver from his remote cabin and he definitely knew that he had not been here on the dates indicated by Tom. Tom’s journal entries seemed weird—crazy!
The next day, Paul and his son Jay decided to fly upriver to look for this camp of which Tom wrote. After a flyover and combing the ground on foot, they found the camp alright, or rather its ruins. For nearby they discovered the signature of its owner carved in a tree: “Paul Drazenovich 1918.”
Reality meets fiction as the author unfolds the tale of Paul Drazenovich and the harrowing adventures that brought him to Alaska and into the near inaccessible reaches of the rugged Wrangle Mountains so long ago.
216 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 13, 2014
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June 7, 2017
My Goodness! I could not put this book down. It was sort of a cross between Steven King and Jack London, with a little Robert Frost thrown in. I wish Rob would write a sequel or prequel. I didn't want it to end. And to think it was based on actual events about real people. Get this book!
January 13, 2018
Very enjoyable
I love Alaska tales and was not disappointed with this story. I was only sad it ended. The rest of the story will have to be imagined, the author's intent perhaps. Or maybe there will be a sequel.
I love Alaska tales and was not disappointed with this story. I was only sad it ended. The rest of the story will have to be imagined, the author's intent perhaps. Or maybe there will be a sequel.
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