![]() ![]() So he decided to take Aidan back to Alaska one final time before she left home. Campbell knew that in traditional Eskimo cultures, some daughters earned a rite of passage usually reserved for young men. James Campbell Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild Kindle Edition by James Campbell (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 521 ratings Editors' pick Best Biographies & Memoirs See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Here is the essence of good writingand good parenting, too. Under the supervision of Edna, Heimo's Yupik Eskimo wife, Aidan grew more confident in the woods. As Braving It poignantly demonstrates, there is no better teacher than deep wilderness. Despite windchills of 50 degrees below zero, father and daughter ventured out daily to track, hunt, and trap. ![]() She even agreed to return a few months later to help the Korths work their traplines and hunt for caribou and moose. Braving It: A Father, a Daughter, and an Unforgettable Journey into the Alaskan Wild is written by James Campbell and published by Crown. So when James Campbell's cousin Heimo Korth asked him to spend a summer building a cabin in the rugged Interior, Campbell hesitated about inviting his fifteen-year-old daughter, Aidan, to join him: Would she be able to withstand clouds of mosquitoes, the threat of grizzlies, bathing in an ice-cold river, and hours of grueling labor, peeling and hauling logs? But once there, Aidan embraced the wild. ![]() "Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to only a handful of people, is a harsh and lonely place. ![]()
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