The Last Wilderness: Alaska's Rugged Coast

The Last Wilderness is the remarkable memior by conservation expert Michael McBride of pursuing a dream of living on the land and raising a family in wilderness isolation. After fifteen years of dedication and struggle, they built the environmentally conscious Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge. Their story conveys the beauty, joy, and dangers of Alaska and the people they came to know. Beautifully written with humorous stories of people and events, this is a book everyone who likes adventure and eco-travel must read.

When I first saw [Kachemak Bay], I fell hopelessly in love. . . . Standing on the bluff overlooking the bay, I pointed to the prettiest place I could see across the miles of blue-green water and thought to myself, "I'm going to spend the rest of my life right down there."