When his stubborn grandfather goes out to check his traps in the Alaskan wilderness during a storm and doesn't come back, Johnny must decide whether to trust his experienced grandfather's instincts or go out on the hunt to find him in the midst of deadly weather. Reprint.[...]
"More psychological depth than Robinson Crusoe."--Frank McCourtPraise for "Lone Wolves" "A beautiful and moving story of courage and love."--Ray Bradbury"Powerful, eloquent, and fascinating, showcasing a vanishing way of life in rich detail."--"Kirkus Reviews""An adept focus on coming-of-age and an [...]
Johnny worries when his grandfather doesn't return home from checking his trap line. The elderly Indian has packed ample supplies on his snowmobile, but has stayed out far too long in the plummeting temperatures of the Alaskan winter. He has caught his leg in his own trap, several feet from his supp[...]
John Smelcer is a very considerable American poet, an astute observer of our contemporary scene. -- X. J. Kennedy -- These poems clear, rueful, courageous, sardonic, hard-lived, and backed up with a big heart and life-knowledge. -- Gary Snyder -- This is poetry as it should be, without a wasted wo[...]