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"This great big country was my playground, and I could afford the price it demanded."(Page 208)

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By Sam Keith from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke

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Learn to use an axe and respect it and you can't help but love it."(Page 24)

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"...one mans comfort is another man's misery."(Page 209)

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I enjoyed the story One Man's Wilderness because it is about being out in nature and being self reliant which are two things I enjoy. The book was recommended to me by my mom who had read it several years ago and knew that I enjoy camping. The book inspire me to go outside and try to be more observant of the wild life. While I do not think I would want to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness I do enjoy going into wild areas for short periods of time. I enjoyed this book not only because of what it was about, but because of how it was written. The book is more about daily observations than try to educate or persuade you which I liked.

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"Plus eighteen degrees. T-shirt weather."(Page 127) This was in late winter when the average had been negative 40 degrees.

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"I was alone. It was a great feeling - a stirring feeling. Free once more to to plan and do as I pleased."(Page 21)

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Alone in the Wilderness, DVD and VHS available, the story of Dick Proenneke

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Bob Swerer Productions presents Alone in the Wilderness, the story of Dick Proenneke building a cabin in the wilderness using only basic hand tools.

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He continued this lifestyle for the next 22 years when he left for the last time at age 83 because the winters had gotten too hard for him.

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The book One Man's Wilderness is about Richard Proenneke who when he was 51 decided to move into the Alaskan wilderness and survive there without modern comforts. He did this because he wanted to test himself and his independence. The book is mostly a collection of his journal entries and pictures.

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Proenneke's Cabin - Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

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The cabin and outbuildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The site is recognized nationally for its stature as an excellent and well-known example of an Alaskan bush log cabin. It is also recognized for Richard Proenneke's voice in the preservation of wilderness in Alaska.

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Dick Proenneke in Alone in the Wilderness

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When he first arrived at the lake which would soon become his home he stayed at a friends cabin while he built his own. He had cut the timber for to cabin the previous year so all he had to do was assemble it. The cabin was 15 x 11 feet and made of white spruce with a peat roof.

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In the winter he lived in total isolation with only the animals to keep him company. His observations include the animals around his cabin and the natural events around him. One other thing that made the winter season interesting was how much colder it got there. The average temperature for the winter was around -40˚f.

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"I had no right to call this big country mine, yet I felt it was."(Page 22)