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Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway | 
| Author: Ed Readicker-henderson
Publisher: Hunter Publishing (NJ)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 782669
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 1588435717
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9781588435712
ASIN: 1588435717
Publication Date: August 30, 2006
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Product Description
This is the most detailed guide to traveling the Alaska Highway, a road that is a feat of engineering in itself. The authors detail all the major towns along the way from British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska and Prudhoe Bay, including Fairbanks, Anchorage, Dawson City, Skagway, and more. You'll also find information on sidetrips along alternate highways.
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Very Useful July 23, 2008
If you think you'll ever want to plan a trip either by car or motorcycle to the great state of Alaska, this book is a must-have. Not only does provide everything you could ever ask for, it comes in a small package that packs away nicely.
*The* book to bring March 19, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I recently rode my motorcycle up the Alaska Highway and space was pretty limited. I photocopied pages out of various other books, but brought this one along intact.
It stayed in my tankbag every day, was brought out at every meal, and was pored over in hotel rooms at night. I'm also a writer, and my Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway became my de facto notebook on the trip -- post-it notes of every color peek out from its pages; notes line the margins.
There are a finite number of places to stop along the Alaska Highway; most guidebooks will give you pretty much all of them. What makes this one different is its tone. The authors obvious enjoy both the road and writing about it. Personal anecdotes are lightly sprinkled into the text, giving the impression that yes, the authors know what they're talking about. I learned little bits of history about the areas I rode through; not so much that it weighed down the book, but just enough to pique my interest and send me scampering to the library once I got back.
Also, the book is laid out very well. The font is easy on the eyes; bold section headers made it easy to find what I was looking for, even while balancing the book on my tankbag after pulling to the side of some gravelly road in the middle of nowhere.
A Great Guide to The Alcan and Beyond. September 3, 1999
34 out of 36 found this review helpful
While the Milepost will give you every pullout and scenic view on the highway, this book is great reading about what to do, and what to see on your way. The information is very accurate and intresting. In this book, when you look up a certain place you end up reading on and on.
Great travelling companion June 9, 1999
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
I took this book with the AAA guidebook on my trip to Alaska, read the AAA intro on the plane there and read only this book for the rest of the trip. We traveled more than 2,000 miles on the Alaska Highway. This book has been a great companion and guide book wherever we go. I even did some more reading on the plane back home because the writing was interesting. It may be partly because Alaska is such an interesting subject; but the book is definitely fun to read.
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