A Teacher on the Yukon
The Rampart, Alaska Letters, 1972-1977
by Ed Wilson

In 1969 I fulfilled a childhood dream and moved to Alaska. The Federal government wasmy travel agent, having accepted my application to become a VISTA Volunteer, an application which I had stamped “Alaska Only! ” With foresight that continues to astonish me, I asked my parents, to keep the letters that I sent home. As a result I have approximately 350 letters covering the years 1969 – 1977.My years in Alaska changed me. The sometimes tragic experiences of the following years also had their effects, as did other occurrences, both humorous and instructive. I have been blessed to have lived a full, demanding, and complicated life. With Thoreau, I elected to “…go upon the deck of the world, the better to see the moonlight and the mountains.” Like him, I also have “…no wish to go below now.”

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