First Wilderness, Revised Edition: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska

“Sam, you know right well you don’t want to leave this country. Don’t give up on it. Me and you got to figure something out.”

After serving as a US Marine during World War II and attending college on the GI Bill, Sam Keith decided to seek adventure in Alaska as a laborer on the Adak Navy base. There he befriended Dick Proenneke, whose shared love o...