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Braving It
- A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild
- Narrated by: Roger Wayne
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. So when James Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his 15-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him. Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor peeling and hauling logs?
But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap.
Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. It would be their third and most ambitious trip. The journey would test them, and their relationship, in one of the planet's most remote places: a land of wolves, musk oxen, Dall sheep, golden eagles, and polar bears.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-02-24
If only I had the time
A wonderful story of exploration and family. History and environmental values. Listen through the charact
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- FaMa
- 15-01-21
Great story but...what is up with the female voice 'do overs'... seriously!!!
The narrator does a great job of Male voices but the female voices.....why!!! Seriously messed up the whole book for me.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-05-24
Loved this father daughter story
Narrated perfectly! This book literally takes you on their journey with them! I’m sure lots of dads would love to do this with their kids!
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- Simon Alexander
- 10-05-21
Brilliant story
Loved the story and range of experiences. Absolutely hated the narrator impersonating a 15 year old girl and other characters. Shocking voice acting.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-23
Great adventures
I listened to this book like I was paddling through white waters. Great narration too.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-24
Great Adventure writing
Great description of Alaskan adventures. conjured up a mental picture in the listener without being boring or bragging (both of which this genre often is!)
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- R. C. ELLIOTT
- 12-07-23
Average and hard to listen
Hard to listen and struggled to finish the book because of this weird female voice..
.Shame as it could have been a quite enjoyable audiobook otherwise.
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- springerlady
- 08-09-23
unbearable animal cruelty had to stop reading
as an Alaskan experience it is good.. I understand the need to make a living in Alaska but trapping is so cruel and the descriptions of the sufferings of the trapped animals are too horrible to read.. I had to stop listening..
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