Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1935
• Subjects: Alaska; Tourists; Visitors; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Arctic; Greenland; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/102111

Alaska Wins Praise of Author ALASKA WINS PRAISE OF AUTHOR Just as soon as he gets caught up on his writing chores, Rockwel Kent, noted author, painter and world traveler, hopes to return to his "old stamping grounds" in Alaska and "go native" for a year He confided this ambition yes terday when he came to Seattle from a hurried trip to Alaska for a vacation jaunt. He is on his way to his home in the New York Adirondacks. Having spent several years in Alaska and Greenland, he says Uncle Sam's Arctic territory is worth a dozen Greenlands. "The Vikings were certainly easily satisfied when they picked Greenland," he said. "They were certainly optimists, judging by the name they chose. "Greenland is nothing more than an ice-oapped rock, good only as a place to launch fishing boats. Alaska, on the other hand, is America's last frontier, a land of golden opportunity. I can't see why people out of work stay in the big cities when there are so many fertile acres waiting settlers up there." Kent and an eight-year-old son spent 1918 and 1919 on a small island in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, and their experiences are told in his book, "Wilderness." The father and son recently repeated the same experience in Northern Greenland, and his book, "Salamina," is the result. Kent is equally noted as a painter, etcher and maker of wood cuts. He spent yesterday afternoon at the Frederick and Nelson book store autographing his books and meeting book lovers.