See Valdez, and Enjoy!

See Valdez, and Enjoy!

Last Frontier Tales Sea Lions and Whales and Otters and Puffins: Oh Boy! Travel Review: Stan Stephens Cruises By Hank Nuwer   My wife Gosia, daughter Natalia, and myself could not have been more excited when we reached a road sign noting the empty lots where Old...
This is quite the yarn!

This is quite the yarn!

Last Frontier Tales He Had It Coming By Hank Nuwer            Dan Berger was an Alaska sourdough who never struck it rich. He came to Alaska from Who Knows Where in 1897. He raced, too late, to every announced new gold strike.          Finally, in 1906, he made...
Gosia and Hank’s Excellent Adventure

Gosia and Hank’s Excellent Adventure

First published, Cordova Times’ Last Frontier Days By Hank Nuwer             During the reign (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespearian actor Will Kemp supposedly declared that anyone achieving fleeting fame might be dismissed as a “Nine Days’ Wonder.”...