Eric Wade knew he\'d finally found the perfect cabin location in the vast Wilderness of interior Alaska. -- Tom Walker, author of Wild Shots: A Photographer\'s Life in Alaska and We Live in the Alaskan Bush. but over time, his Dream changed, as did the land itself A wonderful, addictive love song to the Alaskan wilderness.-- Charles Rangeley-Wilson, author of Silver Shoals and The Silt Road A poet with an axe, a teacher on a river, forever learning and sharing.-- Kim Heacox, author of Jimmy Bluefeather and The Only Kayak A tale of decades spent learning, enjoying and sharing a rare gift.-- Howard Weaver, writer and editor at the Anchorage Daily News, where he worked on both of the paper\'s two Pulitzer Prize winning series A soulful story of teacher turned student; a man bent on immersing himself in Wilderness ways.-- Debra McKinney, author of Beyond the Bear Belongs on the shelf of anyone contemplating finding their own version of the Alaska Dream. . .
His family would grow to love the landscape as much as he did .
He stood among the roses and highbush cranberries a step closer to realizing his Dream of Wilderness living.
This is where he would build a log cabin and move his family.
The land spread before him with majestic white spruce and views of a sparkling clearwater river.
He wove through the trees, brushed aside rose bushes and kicked the ground surface like checking a tire.
He climbed up the river bank to walk on the firm forest floor.
Eric Wade knew he\'d finally found the perfect cabin location in the vast Wilderness of interior Alaska
