I'm Real. I Believe What I'm Saying.

In The America I See From Here, Anything Is Possible - Especially The Impossible.

Like Most Alaska Immigrants, My Roots Continue To Petition For Equal Time.

It's Not Like Alaska Isn't Wilderness - It Mostly Is. But Most Alaskans Don't Live In The Wild. They Live On The Edge Of The Wild In Towns With Schools And Cable Tv And Stores And Dentists And Roller Rinks Sometimes. It's Just Like Anyplace Else, Only With Mountains And Moose.

The Media Is In The Business Of Finding Exceptions To Everyday Life. Bad Things Are Still The Exception. That's Good, Because Once Bad Things Stop Being News, We Really Are In Trouble. If People Forget That Bad Is The Exception, They Think They Live In A Horrible World. There Is So Much That Works And Is Right And Friendly And Warm. But We Take That For Granted.

Tom Kizzia Hasn't Just Observed And Written About Alaska For Three-plus Decades, He's Lived It. 'pilgrim's Wilderness' Is A Story That Needed To Be Told By The Only Man Who Could Tell It.