Are you looking for books to read by the pool this summer? Then my new book, Coming to Alaska: A Journey from Cheechako to Sourdough is a great choice. It’s about a couple’s dangerous adventures and funny situations caused by cultural differences and mistaken assumptions after immigrating to Alaska. Read how they slowly adapt to the harsh, unfamiliar, and unknown life conditions and adopt the Alaskan way of life.
Short Description of What the Book Is About
This Alaskan story describes the struggle of a couple who immigrated from Germany to the 49th State of the US. False perceptions, wrong assumptions, and behaviors stemming from different cultural upbringings lead to funny situations, sometimes dangerous ones, and adventures.
Read what the couple had to relearn for shopping, and how they adapted to the harsh, frigid cold winters with temperatures below -40F (-40C), the summer days without darkness, and long winter darkness.
Read about their issues with frost, septic systems, wells, wildlife, floods, wildfires, health care, earthquakes, and a vulnerable food chain. As the couple gradually adopts the Alaska way of life, funny events keep happening when they deal with visitors and people from out of State.
Photos of my watercolor paintings feature the Alaskan landscapes, events, social life, permafrost damage, earthquake damage, and the wildlife of the Last Frontier. Join this hilarious, educational, and entertaining journey from Cheechako (Greenhorn) to Sourdough of Coming to Alaska.
The Content of Coming to Alaska
The book encompasses 21 chapters, 229 pages, and references for further reading about Alaska, its weather, and more. Here is the table of contents.
Table of Contents
- My First Time in Alaska
- An Intercontinental Move
- The Challenges, Struggles, and False Assumptions When Settling In
- The First Winter
- The First Spring
- Adventures in Summer 2002
- Learning to Live with Earthquakes
- Coping with the Weather of the Interior
- Permafrost, Portable Water, and Wastewater Problems
- Alaska Is No Escape from Air Pollution
- Being Aware of the Supply Chain: Re-Learning to Shop
- Summers Are Busy
- Alaska Wildlife
- Fellow Americans
- Social Life
- Duct Tape: A Magic Remedy and Inevitable Must-Have
- Health Care the Alaska Way
- Adapting to the Alaska Way of Life
- Science, Fashion, and Alaska—Does that Go Together?
- Friends and Family
- People Either Love or Hate Living in Alaska
- References
What Else Can You Find in the Book?
The stories are illustrated with my paintings of the Alaska landscape, events, adventure, wildlife, and more. The originals of these paintings are available for sale for $70 to $120 depending on the size of the painting.
If you are interested in buying one of the originals, please send me an email to check whether it is still available, If so, I will send you a PayPal link to pay for the painting. Once I receive the payment I will send you the painting to the address you provided when paying.
Where Can You Buy the Book?
The retail price of my book is $22.99$. The book is available in good bookstores like Amazon, Barns & Noble, etc. You also can order it directly at the link below.
Featured photo by: N. Mölders
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