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The Wilderness of Denali
Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1930, The Wilderness of Denali is a memoir of three years of hunting the area of Alaska surrounding Mt. McKinley. It is a classic of American adventure a book written by a man who was willing to risk his life in pursuit of grizzly bears and the elusive mountain sheep. The account was written each night by campfire as Sheldon discovered what is still regarded as the most scenic wilderness in America."
432 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1960
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September 7, 2023
Got this book prior to my trip to Alaska. It's a very dry read about Charles Sheldon's experience spending a year in a cabin in interior alaska hunting and photographing wild life with a focus on sheep. It was tough to get through but you can tell how passionate he was about the land
September 24, 2013
This book makes me want to take a trip to Alaska. I can't believe I had never heard of it before.
November 7, 2025
This book wasn’t my favorite but I also appreciated it. Sheldon has beautiful descriptions of the landscape around him, detailed about what it was like to live there for seasons, and I felt like I was there with him. I was in Denali last summer which really added to seeing the landscape in my minds eye.
I could have done with less hunting - lots of details on stalking rams with big horns and I was glad bear season was short before he left. I also appreciate that .. there’s. It much to do bt watch the animals, I guess list over their size or horns, and hunt to survive. Some felt wasteful, gathering specimens to study or keep in a museum, but for what was coming after him - hunters that would take it all, he was a generally ethical hunter and didn’t take a lot comparatively. Some of his language may no longer be how we refer to people, one could say a sign of the times.
Overall it was a good picture, well described, of what was before so many animals were taken.
I could have done with less hunting - lots of details on stalking rams with big horns and I was glad bear season was short before he left. I also appreciate that .. there’s. It much to do bt watch the animals, I guess list over their size or horns, and hunt to survive. Some felt wasteful, gathering specimens to study or keep in a museum, but for what was coming after him - hunters that would take it all, he was a generally ethical hunter and didn’t take a lot comparatively. Some of his language may no longer be how we refer to people, one could say a sign of the times.
Overall it was a good picture, well described, of what was before so many animals were taken.
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