PIRATES IN ALASKA: Growing up with a Mystery near Anchorage This laugh-out-loud memoir is a fun way to learn about homestead life in Alaska and to get a feel for the adventure, the land and the culture. It tells the coming of age story of a child with a very active imagination, and gives a glimpse what it was like to grow up around wolves, moose and grizzly bear. Not only a fun read, in the pages of this memoir you will: Read an eyewitness account of a grizzly's charge. Learn what bear smells like (good to know when you're hiking). Learn other bear sign that will tell you if you're in a bear's territory. Learn which kind of bear can be intimidated and which kind can't. Learn how many survival minutes you have in Alaskan waters. Learn how to tell if a moose is about to charge you. And what to do to prevent it. And what to do if it does. Pirates in Alaska will open your eyes to a very different place, to the magical world of Alaska-a world like no other. T. F. MARINE was raised on a 180 acre homestead in Eagle River Valley and has lived for 38 years in Alaska.