The Great Alaska Nature Factbook: A Guide to the State's Remarkable Animals, Plants, and Natural Features

The Great Alaska Nature Factbook is a popular and fun to read reference guide to the animals, plants, and natural features of our 49th state and the last frontier. Learn about everything from King Crabs to Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium. Did you know Marbled murrelets are the only seabirds to make their nests in trees? In Alaska, Jack Frost delivers two kinds of ice crystal glaze: hoarfrost and rime. Over 200 fascinating entries accompanied by line drawings and a state map.

Author: Susan Ewing
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Published: 09/01/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780882408385

About the Author

I wanted to be a veterinarian or a girl Davy Crockett when I grew up. As it turns out, I became a writer. It still surprises me. I've written several nonfiction books on natural history and two illustrated children's books, and my essays, articles, and short stories have appeared in a variety of national magazines and anthologies including the books "Great Rocky Mountain Nature Factbook, Ten Rowdy Ravens, and Lucky Hares and Itchy Bears. "
My writing has a broad range because my life has been one grand survey of topics and experiences. Born and raised in Kentucky, I headed north and west soon after graduating from high school, living in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest for many years. Before settling into writing, I worked a variety of jobs, including bull cook in the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, commercial fisher, print shop photolithographer, waitress, flower delivery driver, mining claim staker, energy use advisor, and wildlife information officer. Somewhere in there I graduated from the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. In 1991 I moved to the Gallatin Valley of Montana, and here I am, still.