A review by the_valiant
Two in the Far North by Margaret E. Murie

4.0

Apparently this is the year of reading books about Alaska. It is interesting to read this after reading Shadows on the Koyukuk. It was written in the 60s I think and you can tell, Murie writes about herself as "just a woman" a lot (as in, can't do as much as the men even when she clearly is) and how silly women are, which is pretty off putting to a modern reader. Also every time she talks about native alaskans feels weird and condescendingly racist. Like the bill bryson book I read earlier I'd like this one more if it were shorter, I kind of cheated and skimmed the last 50 or so pages because while it was interesting I was also kind of over it.

But y'all if you are interested in what it was like being a white lady in alaska in the early 20th century this is neat as hell. Murie is kind of a badass and her husband made lots of cool pictures for the book.