Northern Verses: Poems of Alaska and the Yukon

by Dennis Lattery

Overview

The idea for this book evolved out of what he saw as a need for a new Christmas poem for children. His poem was titled The Christmas Girl. Nothing of much significance in that genre has been produced since How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Efforts to sell the poems idea for a children's book fell on deaf ears in the publishing world but other work gradually spun off its writing. He found he liked writing rhyming prose, especially in poems about the North country where he lives. So here is Northern Verses, including The Christmas Girl.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594335259
Publisher:	Publication Consultants
Publication date:	01/05/2015
Series:	Northern Verses: Poems of Alaska and the Yukon
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	396 KB

About the Author

Dennis Lattery arrived as an eight year old, fresh off the boat, at Juneau, Alaska, in April of 1949. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the exception of two years United States military service in “The Lower Forty-eight,” he has lived continuously in Alaska since that time. His writing career began in 1976 with an article published in Selected Alaska Hunting & Fishing Tales by Alaska Magazine. He has been published since then in a number of national sports magazines and has produced a book about growing up and living in the Forty-ninth State. Dennis and his wife, Sharon, live in Chugiak, Alaska. His daughter and son-in-law live in nearby Anchorage. He can be reached at [e-mail].