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Alaska Northwest Books® (established 1959) became an imprint of Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company in the fall of 1992. The premier publisher of books about Alaska, Alaska Northwest Books® specializes in history, natural history, biography, travel adventure, Native heritage, factbooks, cooking, guidebooks, and children's books by Alaskans and about Alaska. Our titles have received numerous awards for excellence, including the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, the Washington State GovernorÃs Writers Award, the National Outdoor Book Award, the Children's Book Council Award, the National Science Teachers Award, and the Willa Cather Award.
All of our titles may be purchased at your local bookstore in their Alaska section or online, just click the link for each title to find out more about the book.
OUR NEWEST BOOKS!
The Alaska Almanac
Facts About Alaska 30th Edition
Edited by Nancy Gates
Softbound, 5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
240 pages, 50 B&W photos, 12 maps
ISBN 978-0-88240-652-7
Retail Price $12.95
If you want to know Alaska inside and out, there is no better reference than THE ALASKA ALMANAC. Including facts and figures on geography, history, economics, sports, cultures, and people of the Last Frontier, this information-packed volume is a must-have for Alaskans and visitors alike.
Celebrating its thirtieth birthday this year, this handy little guide is chock-full of Alaskana, from the beautiful to the bizarre. As always, the wit and wisdom of Mr. Whitekeys continues to delight readers with his wacky-but-true Alaska factoids.
Mr. Whitekeys
The Kids from Nowhere
The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle
by George Guthridge
Softbound, 5" x 8"
328 pages
ISBN 978-0-88240-651-0
Retail Price $16.95
From the world-award-winning writer comes the gripping, true story of a group of Alaskan Eskimo students who, despite nearly impossible odds, achieve one of the most stunning educational feats in the history of American education.
"Nowhere Kids"
George Bryson—Anchorage Daily News
"Putting Gambell on the Map"
Monica Bradbury—Anchorage Press
The Double Musky Inn Cookbook
Alaska's Mountain Cajun Cuisine
by Bob and Deanna Persons
Hardbound, 7" x 9"
176 pages, 56 B&W photos, 150 recipes
ISBN 978-0-88240-619-0
Retail Price $19.95
Built in 1962, the Double Musky Inn began as an after-ski bar. Customers cooked their own steaks over a fire in the dining room and ate their food on picnic tables. In 1979, after the struggling inn had passed through several owners, Bob and Deanna Persons bought the restaurant. With training and advice from Paul Prudhomme and his staff, the Persons started to make a name for their little restaurant. The Double Musky began featuring a menu of steaks and seafood with an emphasis on spices and seasonings with a New Orleans accent. Favorable reviews from national magazines, newspapers, and travel guides began to appear and most recently the Double Musky was named one of the Top 10 restaurants in America by the Food Network’s Jill Cordes and has been featured on CNN World Wide. Other praise for the restaurant has appeared in Bon Appétit, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Honolulu Magazine, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New York Times, and many other publications around the U.S.
"Best Restaurant: Deux Respect"
Sarah Henning—Anchorage Daily News
"Double Musky Cookbook is Delectable"
William J. Tobin—The Anchorage Times
"To Tease Your Tastebuds"
Forrest Schroeder-Einwiller—Anchorage Press
"Cajun Cuisine in Alaska?"
Kimberly Orsborn—Mount Vernon News
Running with Champions
A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail
by Lisa Frederic
Softbound, 5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
224 pages, 14 B&W photos
ISBN 978-0-88240-616-9
Retail Price $14.95
A vacation turned Lisa Frederic’s life upside down. She and her husband traveled as tourists to Nome, Alaska to see the end of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. At an age when her life felt fairly settled, suddenly she found herself obsessed with a whole new world. The Iditarod and sled dogs had been vague concepts before the vacation, but very quickly dog mushing and a dream to run the Big One, became both a goal and a frightening commitment. Never described as graceful, learning to drive a team of huskies at forty years old was sometimes funny, but more often terrifying.
The puppy team she trained went on to become champions – winning the 2006 Iditarod with Jeff King – but they were champions long before they won trophies. A tale of unconditional puppy love, this is also an inspiring story about setting goals, facing fears, and accepting challenges. Lisa's self-effacing account will speak to all those who have ever followed their heart and found that the dream realized is even bigger than the one they imagined.
"Gee! Haw! Holy Crap!"
Lisa Frederic—Anchorage Press
"Dream Large"
Marie Lamothe—Whisper in the Woods Nature Journal
NATIVE HERITAGE
Alaska's Totem Poles
Alaska Native Ways
Two in the Far North
Through Yupik Eyes
The Winter Walk
The Storytellers' Club
Shadows on the Koyukuk
I am Eskimo
IDITAROD
Iditarod Glory
Iditarod Glory Photo Library
COMING SOON!
The Itchy Little Musk Ox
In Search of Ancient Alaska
Alaska Homegrown Cookbook
