Alaska's Huckleberry Finn

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Scott Hurlbert ran away from home when he was 15 to escape from a father he did not get along with and to attend high school in an Alaskan town hundreds of miles from where he lived. To reach his destination, he had to walk and journey through the Kuskokwim and Holitna Rivers on a raft he built himself.

Behavior, Runaway teenagers, Runaways

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Humpies from hell - an other piscatorial creations of Ray Troll

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Ray Troll's whimsical fish-filled, fancy-bordered paintings have sold so well that he has diversified into pins, T-shirts, and even a book of fish tails. The Ketchikan, AK, artist discusses his life and work, whose humorous and horrific images he says should not be explained.

Portrayals, Criticism and interpretation, Fishes, Painters, Painters (Artists), Troll, Ray

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Mining Kennicott's past

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A description of the facilities offered to tourists by the frontier town of McCarthy, AK, is presented. The abandoned company town of Kennicott, a former copper mining site, is close by and its historic attractions are discussed.

Travel industry, Description and travel, Alaska, McCarthy, Alaska

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