by Hank Nuwer | Jul 26, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
Excerpt from a work-in-progress, a biography of Kurt Vonnegut, by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut: The Man in the Hole. A Life of Reinvention. by Hank Nuwer Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. said in Palm Sunday that his relative was a “cultivated eccentric” as the family historian John...
by Hank Nuwer | Jun 20, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
Last Frontier Tales Making Memories on the Magic Mountain By Hank Nuwer First published in Cordova Times A visit of our Natalia to Alaska inspired my wife Gosia and me to get off our duffs and into the gorgeous country. The three of us agreed to...
by Hank Nuwer | Jun 11, 2026 | Alaska Tales, Travel Reviews
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...
by Hank Nuwer | May 15, 2026 | Alaska Tales
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... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 23, 2026 | Alaska Tales
This was a post from two years ago in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner when I was editor. October 2023. For someone with one of the most important Mover-and-Shaker positions in Fairbanks, Shelley Ebenel certainly looks relaxed as she arrives early for a meeting... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 15, 2026 | Alaska Tales
Gosia and I experienced a smiling moment when I opened the kitchen curtains today. For a good 30 seconds, we enjoyed a visit from a white hare. Either its color was changing or it had brushed against some black snow. Then, the hare bounded off. Perhaps it was the...
