Map - 3, Foreword: Proving Up the Alaska Way - 7, vIntroduction: The Book of Experience - 8, How to Live Off the Grid - 10, How to Dress for Below-Zero Temps - 13, How to Bake in a Wood-Fired Oven - 16, How to Start a Chainsaw - 18, How to Avoid an Avalanche - 21, How to Build a Snowmachine Sled - 24, How to Field Dress a Moose - 30, How to Take Care of Your Sourdough - 33, How to Build a Dock - 36, How to Cross a River Safely - 40, How to Live Among Bears - 42, How to Build a Steambath - 46, How to Age Game Meat - 50, How to Build a Dog Team - 54, How to Operate a "Bush Maytag" - 58, How to Build an Outhouse - 61, How to Catch a King Salmon - 64, How to Read a River - 67, How to Put in a Winter Water Hole - 70, How to Lay a Woodstove Fire - 73, How to Identify Edible Berries - 76, How to Build a Cache - 79, How to Keep Moose Out of the Garden - 82, How to Land a Bush Plane - 85, How to Build a Root Cellar - 88, How to Handle Isolation - 91, How to Make Zucchini Bread - 95, How to Grow Giant Cabbages - 98, How to Make Birch Syrup - 102, How to Travel with Packhorses - 105, How to Build an Airstrip - 108, How to Feed and Water your Family - 112, How to Smoke Salmon - 116, How to Assemble a First Aid Kit - 119, How to Use Horsepower to Haul Wood - 122, How to Tie Useful Knots - 125, How to Avoid-or Survive-Falling Through the Ice - 129, How to Can Salmon on the Beach - 132, How to Overwinter Chickens - 135, How to Spin Dog Fur - 138, How to Build an Icehouse - 141, How to Run a Trapline - 144, How to Survive Alaska Winters in Tent - 148, Acknowledgements - 152, Reading List - 155, Index - 158

The Alaska Homesteader's Handbook is a remarkable compilation of practical information for living in one of the most impractical and inhospitable landscapes in the United States.