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Alaskan Wilderness Adventure: Book 2
Homesteading in the wilderness of Alaska…
Duane Ose moved to Alaska on a whim nearly thirty years ago, after surviving a gunshot wound to the head. He and his wife Rena were the very last persons to file a claim under the Federal Homestead Act of 1862—for a piece of property Duane describes as “a giant, fertile garden bowl, cupped warmly in God’s loving hands.” His new book, Alaskan Wilderness Adventure II, is part biography, part adventure, recounting how he and his young friend Jeff Peterson established Duane’s homestead in the center of Alaska. With humor and vivid imagery, Duane has chronicled the trials and tribulations of building trails, constructing a home, and turning this five-acre slice of heaven into a habitable piece of property—a homestead Duane and Rena call Ose Mountain.
Duane Ose moved to Alaska on a whim nearly thirty years ago, after surviving a gunshot wound to the head. He and his wife Rena were the very last persons to file a claim under the Federal Homestead Act of 1862—for a piece of property Duane describes as “a giant, fertile garden bowl, cupped warmly in God’s loving hands.” His new book, Alaskan Wilderness Adventure II, is part biography, part adventure, recounting how he and his young friend Jeff Peterson established Duane’s homestead in the center of Alaska. With humor and vivid imagery, Duane has chronicled the trials and tribulations of building trails, constructing a home, and turning this five-acre slice of heaven into a habitable piece of property—a homestead Duane and Rena call Ose Mountain.
153 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 4, 2019
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May 16, 2020
Wow, this one took me a few days to get through it. I wasn't a big fan of about the first 40% of the book. There's a great story about anchoring in a fast flowing river, but there's just a whole lot of listing things and a bit of unnecessary buildup to what I expected the main story to be, which was building the cabin. Turns out, the rest of the book focuses on building the first shelter on the claim, which they called the dugout. I really enjoyed the book from then on about how they designed and shaped this first dwelling and how Ose had already begun to plot out his future projects.
Jeff was a great helper despite all of his accidents of slicing and dicing himself. I think that it shows how caring and kind Ose is to take his son's friend under his wing of guidance and help him spend a few months on the trip of a lifetime.
The two men bonded very well together and I especially enjoyed the final chapter where Jeff takes over and gives some funny stories about a marten that I wish had been written somewhere in the middle or so when they had been constructing the "hobo hut."
It isn't as special or heartwarming as the first novel was, but it certainly wasn't bad. My major complaint is just list after list after list. I hope someone out there uses all these lists as a training manual checklist. I also wasn't a fan of an especially long and drawn out perspective on the Alaskan tourist industry. I feel a couple of paragraphs could've summed up Ose's point, but it was a number of pages and I really just had to start skimming until the end of that. I agree with him, of course, but I think anyone reading his books would already know and share his view of taking things slow and more personal rather than group tours.
I look forward to the third book as I'm really hoping there are some good stories and perspectives on either the Little People that (I think) Mark warned about in the first book and with Bigfoot. Those are two key things I want to read about after Ose's extensive time spent in the true wilderness of Alaska. Give me the goods, Ose!
Jeff was a great helper despite all of his accidents of slicing and dicing himself. I think that it shows how caring and kind Ose is to take his son's friend under his wing of guidance and help him spend a few months on the trip of a lifetime.
The two men bonded very well together and I especially enjoyed the final chapter where Jeff takes over and gives some funny stories about a marten that I wish had been written somewhere in the middle or so when they had been constructing the "hobo hut."
It isn't as special or heartwarming as the first novel was, but it certainly wasn't bad. My major complaint is just list after list after list. I hope someone out there uses all these lists as a training manual checklist. I also wasn't a fan of an especially long and drawn out perspective on the Alaskan tourist industry. I feel a couple of paragraphs could've summed up Ose's point, but it was a number of pages and I really just had to start skimming until the end of that. I agree with him, of course, but I think anyone reading his books would already know and share his view of taking things slow and more personal rather than group tours.
I look forward to the third book as I'm really hoping there are some good stories and perspectives on either the Little People that (I think) Mark warned about in the first book and with Bigfoot. Those are two key things I want to read about after Ose's extensive time spent in the true wilderness of Alaska. Give me the goods, Ose!
June 2, 2021
Alaskan Wilderness Adventure: Book 2
A great read filled with survival; the building of various shelters, cooking safely tips, creating trails and so much more. Looking forward to Book 3.
A great read filled with survival; the building of various shelters, cooking safely tips, creating trails and so much more. Looking forward to Book 3.
January 6, 2022
Well documented adventure
Well documented detailed information about his transformation to Alaska. Find it very interesting! Watch the interview on YouTube found that pretty interesting also.
Well documented detailed information about his transformation to Alaska. Find it very interesting! Watch the interview on YouTube found that pretty interesting also.
February 6, 2021
Very interesting
You can learn a lot about surviving on the last frontier of Alaska. So much to know, so much to do.
What fun.
Rock on
You can learn a lot about surviving on the last frontier of Alaska. So much to know, so much to do.
What fun.
Rock on
November 20, 2024
Very interesting... Love books about wilderness. This is a very good read
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