"In the winter of 1885, Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition up the Wolverine River to pierce the untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his pregnant wife, Forrester records his experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return. As they map the territory and gather information on the native tribes, Forrester and his men discover the blurred lines between human and wild animal, the living...

"A collection of stories by the former books editor at Oprah.com about women and girls living the frontier Alaskan lives we associate with men"-- Provided by publisher. Newman's stories turn a spotlight on women struggling in Alaska, facing not just grizzly bears and charging moose, but the psychological complexities of love and family. From Anchorage to the remote, unsettled wilderness, her stories reinvent what we think about the American frontier--...