Steve Levi makes the Alaska Gold Rush(es) come alive and makes you glad you weren’t there! Fortunately, we have Steve’s book, The Human Face of the Alaska Gold Rush: It Was a Righteous Time With Saints And Scoundrels Living Side By Side. Not only historical, Steve captures the everyday human perspective to provide the scope of the incredible and dangerous journey seeking gold in Alaska was at that time.

As a longtime Alaskan outdoorsman and pilot, Bob Bell’s life is packed with fishing and hunting tales. What makes Bob’s outdoor tales so unique - he’s had so many close calls that almost cut his life short he had to write more than one book!

Steve Levi’s book, Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska’s Bush Pilots, is a fun read that could easily pass as fiction. But danged if these aren’t true tales! Alaska’s story is the story of aviation. Listen to our entertaining interview with Steve talking about his book. Then go buy it!

Vic Fischer’s life story reads like a real-life Forrest Gump, with appearances by Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Saul Alinsky and many more, together with everyone in the whole history of Alaska from statehood to the present day. A great read by a great Alaskan.

Aviation built Alaska with people like Chuck Sassara. His career is remarkable in and outside Alaska. To hear him tell his own story on our podcast is a treat that takes us back with his first-hand account of what it was like to fly in Alaska in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

Andy Hall was only 5 years old in 1967 when 7 of 12 climbers died on Denali, it’s worst climbing disaster. His father was Superintendent of the Park (then McKinley Park) where Andy and the family lived.

Willie’s impact on Alaska both economically and culturally is profound. Willie’s account is inspirational of his growing up from a Native Alaskan to a politically charged leader championing native rights and a key figure in the landmark Native land claim rights.