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Two in the Far North
Alaska by an Alaskan
"My sense of wilderness is personal" - Margaret E. Murie
"And I see them dancing....."

Two in the Far North
Margaret E. Murie
Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Arctic Dance: The Mardy Murie Story
A Naturalist in Alaska
Shadows on the Koyukuk: An Alaskan Native's Life Along the River
Arctic Homestead: The True Story of One Family's Survival and Courage in the Alaskan Wilds
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ASIN: 088240489X

Book Description

A story of love and adventure in Alaska, and a moving testimonial to a beloved wild place. Murie received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her environmental work.

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Two in the Far North.......2007-01-16

Parts of this book were very interesting and I respect the woman and the adventurous lifestyle, but parts were dated for me and other parts were too long. I do not think that is was well told.

Alaska by an Alaskan.......2004-07-16

Many of the best-known books about Alaska, its people and wilderness, have been written from an outsider's perspective (John McPhee, for example, or Joe McGinniss), with an outsider's sense of detachment and strangeness, as though what they were commenting on were just slightly odd on some level.

Margaret Murie (known as "Mardy"), gives as Alaska from a true insider's perspective, as one who grew up with it, knows it in her bones, and loves it the way we love our closest family.

Born in 1902, Mardy moved to Fairbanks at age 9, where kids went to school in -50F temperatures and where the only way in or out of Alaska in winter was on the back of a mail sled propelled by sled dogs. One of the first grads of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, she married the naturalist Olaus Murie and honeymooned in the Arctic. Over the years, fearless Mardy even took her infant children on expeditions into the wild.

The book is an indivisible combination of autobiography and nature writing. Murie has a remarkable eye; her descriptive powers rival McPhee's but her tone is more one of powerful affection rather than awe. My favorite story was of a young teenage Mardy, on her way to the Lower 48 to go to high school, catching the last mail sled out of town in the spring of 1918. This spring trip took many days; at each river crossing there was a possibility of not making it over the thinning ice.

What an adventure! Combined with that adventure is a powerful romance, the lifelong relationship between Olaus, a professional naturalist; Mardy, the fearless and intrepid companion; and Alaska herself.

Mardy Murie died only last year, at age 101. If you read this book, you will regret having just missed her; she deserves to be missed.

"My sense of wilderness is personal" - Margaret E. Murie.......2003-05-10

Mardy Murie is often referred to as "The Grandmother of American Conservation" and "The Grand Dame of the American Conservation movement, but somehow after reading her story, these titles barely seem adequate to describe such an incredible and personal woman. While we may liken Murie to women like Rachel Carson or Anna Botsford Comstock, Murie's journey is singular. We follow her from her childhood in Wyoming to graduation at the University of Alaska, through love, into the far reaches of the Alaskan North.
Murie successfully bridges the personal and the political, her own life and her life's work, her love for one man and her love for their work together. You will laugh with her, you will cry with her, feel scared for her, and come to love her. She will become your hero.
We must recognize Murie as an American treasure, but we must also recognize that Murie's inspiration is perhaps more important now than it ever was. The most obvious reason for this statement is the continuing struggle to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from growing oil interests. We must also recognize, however, that Murie could be the inspiration for the young generation of leaders in conservation-- a group of leaders that undoubtedly must include women. That there are very so few women leaders in conservation has caused the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women to recognize the struggle of women in their efforts to achieve leadership positions in the conservation movement. Other organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club, and the National Wildlife Federation have launched campaigns to attract more women into leadership roles. The lack of women in environmental leadership reflects America's view of rugged individualism in our collective imagination...nowhere has this myth been more prominent than in the discussion of America's last frontier-- a very personal discussion for Ms. Murie.
Not only is Margaret E. Murie a woman in the conservation movement, but she is an American treasure with a very personal and very political story to tell. Even as she approaches her 101st birthday in August, she continues to speak out for Alaska's lands, peoples, and wildlife. Her story is not one of fame, comfort, or glory, but it is her American story. Mardy Murie will become your hero, your inspiration and your friend. Take the journey with her.

"And I see them dancing.....".......2000-11-14

I, first, heard of Mardy Murie and her husband, Olaus, while watching John Denver's The Wildlife Concert. He wrote A Song For All Lovers for their deep and abiding love for each other and for the state of Alaska. The song's beauty gave rise to my curiousity. And, recently, while watching a documentary of Mardy's life, I became determined to read this book about her life.

This book is a must have. Mrs. Murie paints with words, a picture so vivid of Alaska's tundras and plains, that I felt as if I were part of it. The lifestyle was hard, but satisfying, and this woman's life was nothing short of fascinating. Mardy Murie is a living testament to the strength and beauty of women, and she leaves a shining example of what a woman can do. In her assistance in Olaus' work for the ANWR and other Alaskan Land Conservancies, to her carrying on of that work, she is a beacon to us all of what we can do.

Buy it...read it. You will fall in love with Alaska and with Mardy.

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Two in the Far North
Margaret E. Murie
Manufacturer: Alaska Northwest Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J4LF7Y

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Mardy Murie Book Package
Margaret E. Murie , Charles Craighead , and Bonnie Kreps
Manufacturer: Graphic Arts Center Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000E8DQO0

Product Description

The Mardy Murie Book Package contains both Arctic Dance (the Mardy Murie Story - 120pp - softcover) and Two in the Far North (Mardy's adventures, based on her journals - 370pp - softcover).

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Two in the Far North

Manufacturer: Ballantine
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0345026225

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"The Alaska Frontier 1912-1959. "There is the drama of dangers on ice and rapids, cut off from the world by ice-filled seas_the roaring herds of caribou_the phantom like lynx darting between the trees. There is the warmth of human contact in a cold land. But more, there is the stunning granduer of Alaska_a land of subtle and delicate tracks."

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Two In The Far North
Murie
Manufacturer: Alfred A Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O9VF9W

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Two in the Far North
Margaret E. Murie
Manufacturer: Alfred A. Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KU8JOY

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Two in the Far North
Margaret E.; Murie, Olaus J. (illus) Murie
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LDZGI2

The Pale and the far north: Government and society in two early Tudor borderlands (The O'Donnell lecture)

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The Pale and the far north: Government and society in two early Tudor borderlands (The O'Donnell lecture)
Steven G Ellis
Manufacturer: Published for the National University of Ireland by Officina Typographica
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Two in the Far North
Margaret Murie
Manufacturer: Knopf
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NZZ53O

Lesson for ... / Daughters of Utah Pioneers

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Lesson for ... / Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Mary N. Porter Harris
Manufacturer: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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