Text © 1973, 1999 by Sam Keith and Richard Proenneke
Photographs © 1973, 1999 by Richard Proenneke
Book compilation © 2018 by Alaska Northwest Books®
Map: Gray Mouse Graphics
Illustrator: Roz Pape
First Printing of the 50th Anniversary Edition 2018
This edition:
ISBN 9781513261645 (softbound)
ISBN 9781513261805 (hardbound)
ISBN 9781513261812 (e-book)
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier edition as follows:
Proenneke, Richard
One man’s wilderness : an Alaskan odyssey / by Sam Keith ; from the journals and photograph collection of Richard Proenneke. - 26th anniversary ed.
p. cm.
Originally published: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Pub. Co. [1973]
ISBN 978-0-88240-513-1 (softbound)
ISBN 978-0-88240-942-9 (hardbound)
ISBN 978-0-88240-840-8 (e-book)
1. Proenneke, Richard—Diaries. 2. Pioneers—Alaska—Twin Lakes Region (north of Lake Clark)—Diaries. 3. Twin Lakes Region (Alaska)—Description and travel. 4. Twin Lakes Region (Alaska)—Pictorial works. 5. Frontier and pioneer life—Alaska—Twin Lakes Region
6. Wilderness survival—Alaska—Twin Lakes Region I. Keith, Sam. II. Title.
F912.T85P76 1999
917.98’4-dc21 98-27704
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