Category Archives: Memoirs

In Gentler Valleys Roaming

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Helen Hegener

Julie Verrette’s Summer Place Kennel provided a safe haven for retired sled dogs from some of the premier racers in the world, such as four-time Iditarod Champion Susan Butcher and Yukon Quest Champion Aliy Zirkle. Continue reading →

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True to the Trail

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Helen Hegener

In 1898 Englishman Arthur Dallimore joined the Klondike Gold Rush. He tried his hand at a claim near Dawson City, then in 1902, hearing of a new strike, he traveled down the Yukon River to Alaska. Dallimore prospected on Preacher … Continue reading →

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True to the Trail

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Helen Hegener

The next book scheduled for publication by Northern Light Media is True to the Trail: A Great-Granddaughter’s Alaskan Quest a Century On, a compilation of the journals and photographs of Englishman Arthur Dallimore, who joined the Klondike Gold Rush in 1898, then traveled down the Yukon River to try his hand at prospects in Alaska, staying in the North for a dozen years, finally building a roadhouse northwest of Fairbanks. Continue reading →

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The Tender Life

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Helen Hegener

In The Tender Life, writer Anne Winters tells stories from her 20 years of working and living aboard two classic wooden boats with her husband Ron as they worked the Alaska fisheries from south of Ketchikan to way north of Nome. Continue reading →

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