A Boy A Bike Alaska!
Mt. Shasta to Denali
“Look out world here I come!”
Imagine the adventure of a lifetime. After spending the winter rebuilding an old Honda motorcycle, you graduate from high school and leave for a summer job at your uncle’s fish camp near Denali National Park. Over three thousand miles of solo riding from Mt. Shasta City, California to Alaska!
“Take care of the bike and the bike will take care of you.” You are on your own. You are a little sad to leave your parents and your friends behind, but you have heard the call of the open road.
Later you will hear the call of the wild when you hear the timeless howling of wolves. You will ride through valleys a hundred miles wide flanked by snow-covered mountains.
You will prove your bravery fighting a forest fire. You will work hard doing whatever your uncle and Mrs. M, the lodge boss, tells you to do. You will earn serious money and meet interesting people who treat you as an adult.
And happiness will find you in the name of Rachel, a wrangler at a nearby lodge.
Time on the river, learning to paddle a canoe in strong currents, learning boating skills with the hope of being a river guide, meeting the world’s hairiest man, riding through a buffalo herd, lunch with an old man with challenging ideas, first ride in a small plane, friendship with a couple who seem like grandparents to you, photography lessons from a pro, swimming with a grizzly bear, running from an unhappy moose and other adventures too numerous to mention.
Reviews
“true adventure for all ages” “enjoyed it so much I read it twice” “adventure-packed coming-of-age story” “wonderfully descriptive writing “
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To the Top!
Adventures of a Small Town Boy
Prequel to A Boy A Bike Alaska!
Introduces readers to eighth-grade Jack Iverson as he experiences a year of adventures.
Time for a change
Jack Iverson had always loved to read exciting books and talk his best friends Davie and Trevor into acting out the adventures. But the summer before eighth grade, things started to change. It was time to have some real-life adventures of their own in their hometown of Mt. Shasta, California. It started with digging a makeshift backyard pool with his Dad and ended with climbing Mt. Shasta with his Mom. It was a year he would never forget.
“Look out world. Here I come!”
From hard work to fun with his friends, Jack always had a positive attitude and found plenty of adventures along the way.
- Building a tree fort in a very tall tree and experiencing the terrifying exhilaration of swaying in the wind
- Spending the night alone in the woods
- Improving his baseball game
- Rescuing Davie from a flood
- Helping catch a thief
- Getting to know the new girl next door
- Learning how to build and sail a boat
Life was never dull, and that year was just the beginning of Jack’s thirst for adventure.
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About the Author
A Boy A Bike Alaska! is based on Warren Carlson’s own solo motorcycle trip from Idaho to Denali National Park and back. Seven thousand miles of great scenery, interesting people, and moments of inspiration.
Warren Carlson began his adventurous life when, at age fourteen, he slept alone in the woods for the first time and discovered that the world was a friendly and beautiful place.
Other adventures followed: climbing Mt. Shasta three times and Mt. Rainier once; solitary hikes in several national parks; alpine excursions in France, Switzerland, Spain, and Azerbaijan; Peace Corps Volunteer in the middle east; travel to India, Kashmir, Turkey, Ireland, England and yes, the solitary motorcycle ride to Alaska where he met some of the characters depicted in this book.
Carlson describes himself as a job vagabond. His employment adventures include ski instructor, actor-director-playwright, special needs teacher, newspaper reporter, carpenter, cowboy, ski area management, house designer and builder, and tour guide in three national parks.
Carlson’s literary credits include numerous short stories and poetry. (Northern Journeys, Spectrum, Jefferson Journal and others.)
His plays have been produced in several venues including Spokane Repertory, Spokane, Washington; Actors’ Theatre, Ashland, Oregon; and the Metta Theatre, Taos, NM. He holds a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Author
I grew up in a small New England town reading adventure stories. Now, after living in the middle east and visiting eleven countries, I’m pleased to share with you A Boy A Bike Alaska! based on my own seven-thousand-mile motorcycle ride from Idaho to Denali and back. Two sample adventure stories (Kashmir and wilderness solitude) available as an attachment. What has been your best trip so far?
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