ISBN: 1429973978 9781429973977

Category: Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

Page count: 288

<p><b>From moose attacks to the midnight sun--an amusing, Bill Bryson-like account of one man's first year in Alaska<br></b><br>"In New York City, a Cheechako (chee CHA-ko) would be the kid who just fell off the turnip truck. No street smarts. A pink windbreaker. A subway map sticking from his back pocket...In Alaska, a Cheechako is even easier to spot. He's the guy with his tongue stuck to a metal pole. A tenderfoot. A greenhorn."<br><br><i>Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun</i> is the story of Lt. Sean Michael Flynn as he tries to survive his first year in Alaska. With romantic notions of Jack London and Bush piloting, Lt. Flynn requests a transfer to Eielson Air Force Base outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. He is a bit unnerved at how easy the transfer goes through.<br><br>From a rugby game on a frozen river to living across from Santa's Village to soaring over the Bush in an F-16, <i>Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun</i> is a hilarious trial-by-many-errors account of what it takes to become a true Alaskan.</p>