Sleetmute: A True Story of Alaska

Sleetmute: A True Story of Alaska

New York City. 1968. I was 24. I had just graduated from college. I applied to VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) as a possible deferment from the Army and Vietnam. I was young and I thought I knew everything. I figured if they had VISTA in any state they had to have VISTA in every state. I requested an assignment in Hawaii.
So naturally, six months later Iâ€™m in the very remote, tiny Eskimo village of Sleetmute, Alaska. No streets, no electricity, no phones, no television, no signs, no law. Iâ€™m wearing everything I own. Iâ€™m hunting for my food. Itâ€™s fifty degrees below zero and itâ€™s getting colder........
Kirkus Reviews said Sleetmute is â€œincredibly entertainingâ€ and also â€œResnicoffâ€™s encounters fascinate not only because they introduce readers to a world few have ever seen, but also because heâ€™s a gifted storyteller. He channels his 24-year-old selfâ€™s confusion and naÃ¯vetÃ© in a way that is by turns hilarious, endearing and often quite movingâ€.
Country USA
Manufacturer Stan Resnicoff
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-03-04
Format Kindle eBook

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