The late naturalist’s remote lifestyle has captivated Americans—myself included—for decades. Would a visit to his off-grid wilderness shack live up to its beloved image? It’s late June, and after ...

Monroe Robinson’s “The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke” is a treasure and complement to the story of Alaska’s blue-collar wilderness diarist Richard Proenneke, whose Bush life is detailed in part ...

He started building his little log cabin, all by himself, in 1968. He was 51, and had already lived a hard life, and the spot he chose was perhaps a reflection of that: just steps from the picturesque ...

Proenneke documented his productive, self-sufficient life so that he had a meaningful product to share. Something others could read, and that reading could lead to action. When my wife and I were in ...

For more than 30 years a man by the name of Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan Bush. His only neighbors were the wolves and grizzly bears and his only transportation was his canoe and a good ...

Dick Proenneke's simple, yet profound account of his 30 year adventure in the remote Alaska wilderness continues in this sequel to "Alone in the Wilderness". Watch through his eyes as he continues to ...