Chips from the Chopping Block
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-0-9708493-5-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this memoir, a sequel to the immensely popular autobiography, TALES OF ALASKA'S BUSH RAT GOVERNOR, former governor Jay Hammond spins more delightful yarns about the fascinating people and humorous situations he has encountered from one end of Alaska to the other, from wild tales about life in the Bush to stories about the hot air-filled legislative halls in Juneau. The late governor was one of Alaska's great storytellers, and he remains one of the state's most beloved and admired public figures--living or dead--thirty years after leaving office.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9708493-5-9 (9780970849359)
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Person
A former Marne fighter pilot, Jay Hammond heads north to Alaska after World War II, He becomes a trapper, bush pilot, fisherman, guide, wolf hunter, poet, environmentalist, and finally a reluctant politician who endears himself to Alaska's people telling them the unvarnished and sometimes unwelcome truth as he see it about the sate of affairs in their oil-boom state. They punish him by electing him governor.