MIKE, CHARLEY, JEWEL & WOLF

About the Book

From earthquakes to floods, atom bombs aimed at Amchitka and Black Gold to prostitution Mike, Charley, Jewel and Wolf persevere in Alaska’s wilds Jewel is not destined to be the teacher her mother wished, or to be romantic with Mike. All must find their own paths, not just through Alaska’s wilds, but also summer’s ninety and winter’s sixty below. Little in Alaska is easy, as this book reveals.

About the Author

Jim Hunter arrived in Alaska in 1955 as a seventeenyear-old Air Force private watching Russian jets on radar screens taunt the United States. He met and dealt with most of the characters in this book, which is the sequel to Mike, Charley & Wolf. Following discharge he earned a degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State College. In 1976 Chronicle Books published his widely acclaimed guide to Mexico’s Baja Peninsula: OFFBEAT BAJA. Jim and his wife, Marilyn Mount of New Jersey, a retired School Counselor, divide their year between homes in Tucson, AZ and Fairbanks, AK.