Go North, Young Man

First published in 1957, this is the story of how a young West Coaster forsakes civilization for the rugged satisfactions of homesteading in Alaska. Like many other World War II veterans, Gordon Stoddard headed up the Alcan Highway because he found civilian life too tame. He had heard of easy money in construction and fishing and he was on the lookout for adventure, but most of all he wanted a homestead. Go North, Young Man tells of his first four years as a homesteader on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsu