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Dare-devil "Arctic Author"
a verse/prose/philosophical/political/theological/paranoid, bilingual (English & German), swastika-laced book-length diatribe written by an otherwise unknown German-Canadian Manitoban who worked on the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line on the Arctic Circle, at a time when the A-Bomb was going to drop any second & guys like him were supposed to be the first ones to know that, "THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!" & while up there seemingly developed Isolation Syndrome (Cabin Fever, with psychotic features).
(from the dust jacket)-
ON TOP OF THE WORLD, how ever rough-LONG TERM VISIT with the GREAT JEHOVAH ABOVE: In THY presence O God, my Faith looks up to THEE . . . though earthly bound, assured of a 'SOUL SET FREE' the mystified Mortal, in . . . the Twilight of Eternity! Surely, down below-as we certainly do know . . . this world has treacherous Fjords and solid Mountains-- . . . that's why for alert, COOL Prospectors, like Solitude-seeking, blessed Moses AGLOW . . . there are life-lines Divine, TO ETERNAL Fountains!! Like Yukon Crash-grounded . . . 7 times 7 makes 49-Ralph & Helen, was it FATE, or test of Faith divine?? Included also, some . . . Distant Early Warning Echoes . . . of Northern Tragic, RCMP.-Conquest, Eskimo Strife; The EMPTY Hangar: Anticipated J.F.K. Never to arrive!! or Greenland forced landing-at USAB. distant from home . . . Serene little chapel: Lonely location, but NEVER Alone!! To tell you-of High Velocity Elements, low ceilings, delayed Flights; Crystal Lagoons, Jumbo-Swans (icebergs) Northern Lights; Of Arctic Star Parties, via MacArthur's private plane fog diverted . . . and many-chickens roasted IN VAIN! or of Airport-farewells, tears shed in late regret, . . . till we meet Again-of Northern Female Appreciation in "MAN'S DOMAIN": "Honey, only ONCE MORE do we have to part . . . though your Southern Sadness tends to break my now HAPPY HEART!" Back at my favorite, lonely little Outpost . . . perma frozen way up North, barren, treeless Canada-way; where Polar bears are running wild, lonely wolves howl-and little Arctic Foxes play. Modern men up there are hardy, . . . as Isolated Northmen merciless will have to be-keeping their round-the-clock "PERMA RADAR VIGIL" that "OUR" Western world still-and hopefully ALWAYS might remain "STRONG & FREE'!!
(from the dust jacket)-
ON TOP OF THE WORLD, how ever rough-LONG TERM VISIT with the GREAT JEHOVAH ABOVE: In THY presence O God, my Faith looks up to THEE . . . though earthly bound, assured of a 'SOUL SET FREE' the mystified Mortal, in . . . the Twilight of Eternity! Surely, down below-as we certainly do know . . . this world has treacherous Fjords and solid Mountains-- . . . that's why for alert, COOL Prospectors, like Solitude-seeking, blessed Moses AGLOW . . . there are life-lines Divine, TO ETERNAL Fountains!! Like Yukon Crash-grounded . . . 7 times 7 makes 49-Ralph & Helen, was it FATE, or test of Faith divine?? Included also, some . . . Distant Early Warning Echoes . . . of Northern Tragic, RCMP.-Conquest, Eskimo Strife; The EMPTY Hangar: Anticipated J.F.K. Never to arrive!! or Greenland forced landing-at USAB. distant from home . . . Serene little chapel: Lonely location, but NEVER Alone!! To tell you-of High Velocity Elements, low ceilings, delayed Flights; Crystal Lagoons, Jumbo-Swans (icebergs) Northern Lights; Of Arctic Star Parties, via MacArthur's private plane fog diverted . . . and many-chickens roasted IN VAIN! or of Airport-farewells, tears shed in late regret, . . . till we meet Again-of Northern Female Appreciation in "MAN'S DOMAIN": "Honey, only ONCE MORE do we have to part . . . though your Southern Sadness tends to break my now HAPPY HEART!" Back at my favorite, lonely little Outpost . . . perma frozen way up North, barren, treeless Canada-way; where Polar bears are running wild, lonely wolves howl-and little Arctic Foxes play. Modern men up there are hardy, . . . as Isolated Northmen merciless will have to be-keeping their round-the-clock "PERMA RADAR VIGIL" that "OUR" Western world still-and hopefully ALWAYS might remain "STRONG & FREE'!!
283 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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February 18, 2026Years ago there was a period where reviews I had written would spontaneously jump to other books on my shelveS. I usually just grabbed them and put them back on the right book, but i guess i left some evidence of this one here as folklore.
(This story may be called an American “Alice in Wonderland."
The Yabbit appears first, and he is out of sorts. ,
But the Flat Animal is a unique creation of the author’s fancy. Bu
The King and the Green Tiger are its fitting companions.
Republicans, Democrats, efficiency expertness, and other appurtenances of American life are satirized.
The illustrations are as good as the text.
And when everything has been settled, “they went to Atlantic City,” for a grand finale.
(This story may be called an American “Alice in Wonderland."
The Yabbit appears first, and he is out of sorts. ,
But the Flat Animal is a unique creation of the author’s fancy. Bu
The King and the Green Tiger are its fitting companions.
Republicans, Democrats, efficiency expertness, and other appurtenances of American life are satirized.
The illustrations are as good as the text.
And when everything has been settled, “they went to Atlantic City,” for a grand finale.
September 26, 2020
where Polar bears are running wild, lonely wolves howl-and little Arctic Foxes play
as Isolated Northmen merciless will have to be-keeping their round-the-clock PERMA RADAR VIGIL
I didn't know Auric Goldfinger did a book later in life
was he fond of the 9.3x62 or the the 375 Holland and Holland?
with his 7x64 Brenneke popping off a wolf
as Isolated Northmen merciless will have to be-keeping their round-the-clock PERMA RADAR VIGIL
I didn't know Auric Goldfinger did a book later in life
was he fond of the 9.3x62 or the the 375 Holland and Holland?
with his 7x64 Brenneke popping off a wolf
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