A collection of twenty stories showcasing the supernatural legends and unsolved mysteries of Southeast Alaska, with a focus on the region between Yakutat and Petersburg, where the author has lived his entire life, writing, teaching, guiding, commercial fishing, and investigating ghost stories. Each chapter is rooted in Bjorn’s own adventures and will intertwine fascinating history, interviews, and his reflections. Bjorn’s writing, sometimes poignant and often wickedly funny, brings to mind Hunter S. Thompson and Patrick Mc Manus.
Chapters touch on legends such as Alexander Baranov, Soapy Smith, James Wickersham, and the Kóoshdaa Káa (Kushtaka) to lesser known but fascinating characters like “Naked” Joe Knowles and purported serial killer Ed Krause. From duplicitous if not downright diabolical humans to demons of the fjords and deep seas and cryptids of the forest, Bjorn presents a lively cross-section of the haunter and the haunted found in Alaska’s Inside Passage.
Table des matières
Preface Acknowledgments Map 1. The Mysteries of Yakobi Island 2. The Ghost of Castle Hill 3. A Testament to Ice 4. The Ghosts of Juneau’s Past 5. The Terrible Fate of the Clara Nevada 6. The King Con of the Klondike 7. Ghosts of Skagway 8. The Kóoshdaa Káa Chronicles 9. The Legends of Thomas Bay 10. The Sinking of the Islander and the Legend of Its Lost Gold 11. The Ghosts of the House of Wickersham 12. The Curious Case of “the most Diabolical Murderer in Alaska’s History” 13. The Tragedy of the Princess Sophia 14. Trouble with Bigfoot 15. The Witches of Southeast Alaska 16. It Came from the Depths: A Brief History of Southeast Alaska’s Sea Monsters 17. The Haunting of the Mount Edgecumbe Hospital 18. Ghosts of the Alaskan Hotel 19. Naked Joe: Alaska’s Most Famous and Least Known Ghost 20. Juneau’s Front Street Ghosts BibliographyA propos de l’auteur
Lifelong Alaskan Bjorn Dihle is a writer who’s been published in the magazines Sierra, Alaska, Desert Companion, Coast & Kayak, Adventure Kayak, North of Ordinary, Earth Island Journal, High Country News, Birdwatching, Alaska Sporting Journal, Hunt Alaska, and Fish Alaska. He writes a weekly outdoors column for the Juneau Empire newspaper (“Off the Beaten Path”), a column for Hunt Alaska Magazine (“Red Gold”), and has a bimonthly column for Fish Alaska Magazine (“Cautionary Tales”). When not writing, Bjorn works as a wilderness and wildlife viewing guide, and an instructor for the University of Southeast Alaska’s Outdoor Studies Program, an assistant on the Mental Health Unit of Bartlett Regional Hospital.Plus d’ebooks du même auteur(s) / Éditeur
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