Frontiersman, adventurer, and sailor Jean LaBarge devises a plan to rid the Alaska Territory--owned by Russia in the 1840s--of Baron Zinnovy, a Russian who seizes control of the territory's fur trade, killing anyone who dares oppose him.

"The Barringer family is happy in the Alaskan Territory. Confronted by an old flame, Leah realizes her feelings never went away and she is whisked away on an unforgettable journey"--Provided by publisher.

Joe Harney heads to Alaska during the great gold rash of 1898 and finds himself impressed by a great wolf dog owned by Andrew Steen, a bad-tempered loner. But when Harney saves Steen's life, Steen grudgingly agrees that they can travel overland together.

"A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is unique, yet universal."-- Each story in Hitchcock's collection connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and across the American West. From the repercussions of wildfire to the ordinary actions such as ice-skating or going to church, Hitchcock explores fury, secrets,...

"Sixteen in Nome would be Joe May's epitaph if he didn't find work soon. Joe, an overgrown youth with a skinny neck, a large Adam's apple, and a perpetual shudder at the cold, had eaten only once in the last thirty-six hours and was feeling desperate. He chanced to provide a small ervice to Hugh Massey, owner of Alexander the great, the most famous husky in Alaska. It was rumored that Massey had refused $7,000 for the dog. It was also rumored that...

"The Indians called the great white wolf the Lightning Warrior because of the swiftness with which he can parry and attack. There is a bounty for the head of the Lightning Warrior, but no one is able to capture him. That is, until the red-haired, blue-eyed giant of a man known only as Cobalt comes to town. Struck by the charm of Sylvia Baird, Cobalt announces his intention to marry her. Sylvia's father disapproves, as does her friend, Tom Chalmers....

The Congregational Church of Bent Creek, Vermont, badly needed funds, so decided to send one of their boys up to the Klondike gold fields. But it was Callie Fisk who won the chance to go, and her father was against the idea.

In the aftermath of the famous shootout at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt Earp travels to Alaska to make a new life with his wife Josie, not realizing he is being stalked by a son he never knew he had.

"When young Gordon Elliot was sent to Alaska by the Commissioner of the General Land Office to investigate the validity of the Kamatlah claims, he was warned about Colby MacDonald. "The biggest man in Alaska, bar none," they said. But they also said: "If you won't get out of his road, he peels your hide off and hangs it up to dry." Well, one of the reasons they sent Elliot was because they knew he didn't scare and that he could be trusted to bring...