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A teenage George Davis leaves his native Michigan to begin what would be a lifetime oflarger than life adventures set against the picturesque backdrop of the Alaskanwilderness. George recounts his austere, at times isolating, transition from life in thelower 48 to living deep inside the sparsely populated yet vibrant so-called "Last Frontier".Inspired by his older brother, and his own thirst for excitement, George takes tothe demanding environment and subsistence lifestyle. He quickly adapts to the ways ofthe local population learning to live off the land and negotiate the at times treacherousconditions. George supports himself and his wife with various types of skilledlabor and self-owned and operated businesses, fishing, mining, hunting, and flying inaddition to whatever else he came across that needed doing. Through personal andprofessional trials and more than his fair share of close calls with certain death, Georgedrafted his own blueprint for living life at the edge of the world. Over the years, heinteracts with a steady stream of eccentrics, over-zealous Gaming officials, outlaws, natives, and tourists each adding their own unique and unpredictable flavor to life on theAlaskan tundra
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