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The Frozen Toe Guide to Real Alaskan Livin': Learn How to Survive Moose Attacks, Endless Winters, and Life Without Indoor Plumbing |
Author: Brookelyn Bellinger
Published: 2007-02-21 |
List price: $16.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Wacky Hippie!
I'm a staunch conservative type - probably too conservative for North Pole - and the author of this book, Brookelyn Bellinger, is quite clearly a wacky hippie.
I love her.
She's a hippie, all right, but she's not the kind of hippie that won't wear fur in Alaska because it offends some people of Higher Consciousness in southern California. She's an authentic free-thinker who believes that you should be free, too. And this short book does more to demonstrate the connection between self-reliance and freedom than any political essay ever could.
You know that Alaska is cold and, if you reflect upon it, you won't be surprised when she tells you that it is dark, too, with the sun staying below the horizon for twenty hours per day in the depths of winter. But I bet that you didn't know about the peculiar hazards attached to using an outhouse when the temperature is 20 below. Or that the quickest way to get rich in Alaska is learning the art of windshield repair and replacement. Or that house-sitting in the Aleutians is ... well, you just have to read that part. I won't give it away. It's too good.
Brookelyn is real and free and very, very funny. Both the Alaska she describes and the world inside her head are places you should visit. Highly recommended.
Highly recommend!
Quick read, great reference book (she lists websites and year-round events) and a very funny account of how to live like a real Alaskan (wood cabin with outhouse *in winter*).
I've read a few good Alaska books now and this is a favorite for anyone interested/curious about Alaska living (love the chapter about moose).
She makes me want to live here!
I am almost finished reading The Frozen Toe.. and I must say that Brookelyn Bellinger is a wonderful author. Not only is she a wonderful storyteller, but a funny quick witted woman.
Everyone says that we are crazy for wanting to uproot ourselves and move to Alaska, but this book made me feel like I could really do it.
This book made me realize that some people are just called to live in Alaska, and some arent. I hope that our journey will be as fascinating as Brookelyn's..
((and shes very nice too, she answered a quick email question I had about moving.. I almost peed my pants when I saw she replied back! An email from a celeb, who would have thought! haha))
A+++++++++ all the way!
Great book for anyone going to Alaska
Either for vacation or to live permanently, this book is an insight into the great state of Alaska. Brookelyn did a great job combining humor, wit and truth to some serious subjects that are overlooked from the lowerfortyeightians. Enjoy the book..
Don't move to Alaska without this!
I really enjoyed reading this book, after I returned home from my first trip to Alaska (in the summer, of course). Alaska is spectacular, but many of us harbor romantic ideas about what it is really like to live in the wilderness. This book will absolutely bring you back to earth, with wit and humor, and will educate you on living in lonliness, darkness and cold! A great beach read on a HOT day.
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