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Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival  and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
Arctic Homestead The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
Author: Norma Cobb, Charles W. Sasser, Charles Sasser
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ISBN-13: 9780312283797
ISBN-10: 0312283792
Publication Date: 2/1/2003
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Once you start reading this book you won't be able to put it down. Experience the Cobb Familys trials, tribulations and triumphs living in the Alaskan Wilderness where neighbors are few and what residents live in the desolate area do to take the law in their own hands.
A great book to read, Its one book I can't beg to part with.
fightpilotswife avatar reviewed Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds on + 11 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Super fast read & a wonderful view into the life of the last official homesteader in the US.
reviewed Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds on + 145 more book reviews
A lot of the drama in this book is driven by poor judgment and lack of planning.
Let's get a homestead in Canada or somewhere, but let's not check out the homesteading laws. That should be fun. If it isn't let's not bring sufficient money to get us there. What could possibly go wrong.
Our toddlers have whooping cough. I bet we can save money if we camp out in the rain!
Let's partner with someone we don't know. Maybe we can experiment with alcohol and various weapons.

If that is bad enough the narrator does nothing to make herself sympathetic. She obviously dislikes her infant step daughters. Both she and her husband play with firearms and explosives in situations that probably had a civilized solution.

She refers to "God's will" as verification when she gets her way, but never seems to be on a quest to see what God's will may be or to live it if she knows.

She doesn't seem to like other people, or her life, or much of anything or anyone.