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Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in Expanded, Annotated.
Brad Roche marked it as to-read Jul 04, Sponsored products related to this item What's this? Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. Characters in many ways, as you might expect in the Alaskan wilderness. Published on August 2, She uses forced conversations to carry the narrative.
Sarah's funny, exciting, and poignant account of crossing the plains is one you'll read over. Take it with you to visit her grave in Virginia City. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: Wooden Leg was at Little Bighorn the day Custer died.
He gives a detailed account as well as the story of his boyhood and becoming a warrior. My Side of the Bed: A Memoir of Deceit, Denial and Discovery. The signs had always been there. Her husband was distant. Faced with his shocking betrayal, she wondered if their entire marriage was a lie. My Friend the Indian Expanded, Annotated. He knew Custer, Sitting Bull, and Crazy horse. As Indian Agent in Dakota, he witnessed some of America's most dramatic changes and wrote of them here. Coming to Las Vegas: Review Janice and Ed Schofield had a wild adventure, leaving a life of relative ease in NH to take on the challenges of Alaska.
Alaska Northwest Books April 1, Language: Try the Kindle edition and experience these great reading features: Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. Read reviews that mention alaskan wilderness schofield eaton exxon valdez janice schofield felt like adventure jan interest interested spill cabin land lived meet account adventures care journal knowing plants. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I have loved the author's herbal books for many years, but WOW, this is incredible!
Ipad in hand, I read this while cruising through the breathtaking beauty of the Inside Passage of Alaska. Knowing that this story was true, real and the author still writing made this incredible adventure all the more gripping. I could relate to the author's previous conservative status quo life and the choice to live the life less traveled, and as the harrowing adventures unfold - it was truly hard to put the book down. This is an incredible story of courage and true life adventure, interwoven with a sense of community, and he power of choice even in the midst of adversity.
While on my cruise - a national park guide came on board, I mentioned the book, and discovered Jan Schofield Eaton's other amazing resource book - Discovering Wild Plants was the guide's favorite - cool since "Beyond Road's End" details the story of how that book came to be! Janice Schofield Eaton gives a detailed account of her life while living "off the grid" in Alaska. The people she and her partner encounter throughout the telling of the story will touch your soul.
It takes a tough person to live a life like they did but it is such a beautiful way to live. Your neighbors look out for you, perfect strangers help you when you are in need, and people genuinely care about one another. There were parts of this book that I highlighted because they were just so beautiful. One person found this helpful. Have read it several times. I've lived in Alaska for 6 years and I think it's more understandable if you actually live here rather than living in oblivion in the lower Is it the perfect book?
No, but those are few and far between. Love the areas of Homer and Seldovia although things have changed in the last 30 years.
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I would definitely recommend reading the book. When I was through reading this book I almost felt like I had finished two books. The first pages of this review copy recount the author's arrival and early years in Alaska. At the start of the book the author was living in NH with her husband Gary. The first actual date mention in the book was the Exxon Valdez spill of After the Valdez incident, the book for the remaining 25 pages chronicles Janice and Ed's involvement in the Alaskan land trust movement.
I was much more interested in the story of their adaptation to living in Alaska, and was impressed by their resourcefulness and ability to adapt to a climate and living conditions very different from even their NH background. The subject of Janice's interest and research into foraging for wild edible foodstuffs was a major topic in this book. A Google search shows she has written several well received reference books on the subject. Overall I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in the challenges of trying to live a self sufficient lifestyle anywhere, and particularly to anyone with an interest in living in Alaska.
I really did not care for the author's style of writing. Too much unnecessary "purple prose" I also felt I never really got to know Janice and Ed very well. There were several loose ends - for example one winter they decide they need a break from the cold and went to New Zealand. On an impulse, they bought property there. There was never any mention after that of New Zealand or traveling out in other winters. A little better editing would have made this a much better book.
The author lives an interesting life and can put together interesting stories. The book is a series of stories rather than a coherent narrative. Jan left her husband for Ed, got married, hopped in Ed's green van and moved to the Alaskan bush. Ed and Jan didn't give it all up to live in the Alaskan bush. They didn't have much in New Hampshire. The longer they stayed in Alaska, the more creature comforts they acquired. They have many interesting adventures and meet many characters along the way.
Characters in many ways, as you might expect in the Alaskan wilderness.
Unfortunately, the author makes the characters seem robotic. Building my own cabin, foraging for food, hiking miles across wildflower-covered fields surrounded by snow-capped mountains--I've done it all. I mean I've read about it all. My only quibble--and this detracted from my experience enough that I gave the book 3 stars i This book, especially the beginning of it, was gripping.
My only quibble--and this detracted from my experience enough that I gave the book 3 stars instead of was the author's writing style, in particular her use of what had to be made-up dialog, usually between herself and her husband, to move the story along and give the reader background information. Using dialog like this has the effect of shutting us out of her heart and mind, keeping the story on the surface level and the reader at arms length.
I'm grateful she shared the details of her adventure, but Schofield doesn't reveal as much as I would like of what she was thinking and feeling during it all. Jun 23, Annette rated it liked it Shelves: Beyond Road's End is the memoir of a young woman that begins in New Hampshire as she abandons a dead-end marriage and work career to gamble on a new life with Ed. Shortly thereafter Ed and Janice sell out and head to Alaska seeking adventure, freedom, and fulfillment.
In a short few years, their story encompasses overcoming adversity, building a homestead, and increasing involvement in conservation efforts for Alaskan land following the devastation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The author als Beyond Road's End is the memoir of a young woman that begins in New Hampshire as she abandons a dead-end marriage and work career to gamble on a new life with Ed. The author also provides details on her development as a writer specializing on wild plants. This Alaskan segment and the book of her life ends with Ed's death from cancer and her subsequent move to another life stage in New Zealand.
This is a good read for someone interested learning about living and homesteading in Alaska in the Eighties and the story of a couple's resourcefulness and perseverance. Jul 10, Lyn rated it liked it Shelves: Most of this book was very interesting, but parts of it dragged on for me. It seemed like her memory of some events was quite foggy, but for some reason she felt like it had to be included in the story.
At times the conversation felt artificial, but then, maybe Ed was a ma Reading about a couple who left a New England life to explore Alaska and New Zealand ,interesting At times the conversation felt artificial, but then, maybe Ed was a man of few words. While the conversation might feel fake, the adventure was real.
The last part of their story about the Land Trust and the Valdez oil spill was especially interesting. Aug 02, Tracy Thiede rated it it was ok. I won this book through the Goodreads Giveaway program. I love reading about Alaska and was really looking forward to reading this story about two people who sell everything they have and take off for Alaska, living off the land and faith. I was greatly disappointed. It felt like reading someones journal and they left out a lot of detail which left me with a lot of questions.
If you are interested in plants and natural healing or you were a part of the 70's thing you may appreciate this book. Aug 22, Joe rated it it was amazing.
Living the dream of tossing everything and moving to Alaska! The book details their struggles and triumphs. I alway enjoy a story with a good dog in it and Maxwell was one of the best.
Having just returned from Alaska many of the places mentioned were familiar to me. The part of the story of the oil spill is amazing. Exxon had a presence when there were cameras but the locals did the brunt of the work. Read this book and go see Alaska.
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