Hearthside's Alaska

Jimmy Bluefeather

By: Kim Heacox
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
Length: 10 hours 9 minutes

Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native ("with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in"), he's the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska.



When his... Read more

Homestead

A Novel

By: Melinda Moustakis
Narrated by: Ariel Blake
Length: 9 hours 37 minutes

"Ariel Blake soothingly narrates this desolate tale of Marie and Lawrence as they come together and navigate an abrupt new marriage, loss of their first child, and homesteading in the rugged Alaskan wilderness during the 1950s."- AudioFile

From NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE and FLANNERY O'CONNOR AWARD WINNER Melinda Moustakis, a... Read more

Mothertrucker

Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America

By: Amy Butcher
Narrated by: Amy Butcher
Length: 8 hours 28 minutes

The true story of two women who found meaning, strength, and friendship in one of the most punishing and magnificent landscapes on earth.Amy Butcher was an accomplished college professor, mentor, and writer, but in her own home, she was embarrassed and emotionally burdened by an increasingly abusive relationship. Exhausted and terrified of the... Read more

To the Bright Edge of the World

A Novel

By: Eowyn Ivey
Narrated by: John Glouchevitch
Length: 13 hours 26 minutes

An atmospheric, transporting tale of adventure, love, and survival from the bestselling author of The Snow Child, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

In the winter of 1885, decorated war hero Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition that has been deemed impossible: to venture up the Wolverine River and pierce the vast,... Read more

The Wind is Not a River

By: Brian Payton
Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife–separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil–fight to reunite in Alaska's starkly beautiful Aleutian IslandsFollowing the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to... Read more

Pilgrim's Wilderness

A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier

By: Tom Kizzia
Narrated by: Fred Sanders
Length: 10 hours 13 minutes

Into the Wild meets Helter Skelter in this riveting true story of a modern-day homesteading family in the deepest reaches of the Alaskan wilderness – and of the chilling secrets of its maniacal, spellbinding patriarch.
 
When Papa Pilgrim appeared in the Alaska frontier outpost of McCarthy with his wife and fifteen children in tow, his new... Read more

Coming into the Country

By: John McPhee
Narrated by: Nelson Runger
Length: 16 hours 18 minutes

Coming into the Country is an unforgettable account of Alaska and Alaskans. It is a rich tapestry of vivid characters, observed landscapes, and descriptive narrative, in three principal segments that deal, respectively, with a total wilderness, with urban Alaska, and with life in the remoteness of the bush.

Readers of McPhee's earlier books will... Read more

The Alaskan Laundry

By: Brenden Jones
Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
Length: 11 hours 37 minutes

Tara Marconi has made her way to “The Rock,” a remote island in Alaska governed by the seasons and the demands of the world of commercial fishing. She hasn't felt at home in a long while—her mother's death left her unmoored and created a seemingly insurmountable rift between her and her father. But in the majestic, mysterious, and tough... Read more

Four Thousand Paws

Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod, a Veterinarian's Story

By: Lee Morgan
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

An intimate account—the first from a trail veterinarian—of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod



Few sporting events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds, hundreds of dogs and dozens of mushers journey to Anchorage,... Read more

The Hunger of Crows

By: Richard Chiappone
Narrated by: David Bendena
Length: 10 hours 17 minutes

After a one-night stand with the wrong man, Carla Merino is hiding out in Lost Bay, Alaska, living in a camper and waitressing to stay afloat. She'd taken a memento from the evening (a habit of hers), a photograph from the man's wallet, a younger version of himself and some very important military men. But she quickly realizes who the men... Read more

The Sun Is a Compass

A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds

By: Caroline Van Hemert
Narrated by: Xe Sands
Length: 9 hours 1 minute

“The Sun is a Compass is a biologist’s candid journey of self discovery complete with aggressive bears, playful humpback whales, feisty hummingbirds and scolding chickadees. Heading into the most remote areas of Alaska and Canada, Caroline Van Hemert and her husband Pat rowed, rafted, hiked, skied and canoed 4000 miles from Bellingham, Washington... Read more

The Woman Who Married a Bear

Cecil Younger Investigation: Book #1

By: John Straley
Narrated by: David Chandler
Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Cecil Younger, local Alaskan investigator, is neither good at his job nor great at staying sober. When an old Tlingit woman, unimpressed by the police's investigation, hires him to discover why her son, a big game guide, was murdered, he takes the case without much conviction that he'll discover anything new. But after a failed assassination... Read more

Two Old Women

An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival

By: Velma Wallis
Narrated by: Megan Tooley
Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

""No one should miss this beautiful legend."" —Tony HillermanVelma Wallis’s award-winning, bestselling tale about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winterBased on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska,... Read more