Product Description

WALKING MY DOG, JANE is Rozell's tribute to his adopted state and to the travel partner who carried Rozell's heart, and her own backpack, during a summer spent outdoors walking the 800-mile length of the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #532895 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 342 pages

Review
"It is entirely well written and thoughtful." -- Heartland Magazine, March 19, 2000

"Pleasantly understated...Rozell gives glimpses into the history, politics, terrian and economy of Alaska..." -- Publishers Weekly, March 27, 2000

"Rozell has managed an entertaining narrative of his great walk..." -- Western American Literature, Fall 2000

"Rozell's opus can stand with its tail held high among this body of work." -- The Christian Science Monitor, July 27, 2000

Customer Reviews

Vicarious Tour
This would be a nice beach book: not to deep, reasonably well written. And some nice reflections on an Alaska that is changing, and the people who live there.

Pretty slow reading
Even though I love Alaska and most books about it, I found this book pretty slow. I like the fact that the book tells the stories of people who live along the pipeline, but I was probably expecting more adventure...
Therefore, it took me more than a month to finish it...
I enjoyed the extracts about Jane and the affection he feels for her, but unfortunately they are very rare exceptions.

Fun and interesting read
This was a good book about a fellow who decides to walk the Alaska Pipeline from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay with his Chocolate Lab, Jane. He took all summer to do it and chronicles the trip in the book. He did some research on the places he visited as well as the pipeline so it was very interesting from that point of view but also from his writing about walking, solitude, and his dog.