Call of the American Wild: A Tenderfoot's Escape to Alaska

By Guy Grieve

“The spirited account of how a Scottish newspaper sales executive built and lived in a log cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness . . . Engaging” (Kirkus Reviews).
 
A man, an axe, and a dog named Fuzzy . . . let the adventure begin! Trapped in a job he hated and up to his neck in debt, Guy Grieve’s life was going nowhere. But with a stroke of luck, his dream of escaping it all to live in the remote Alaskan tundra suddenly came true. Miles from the nearest human being and armed with only the most basic equipment, Guy built a log cabin from scratch and began carving a life for himself through fishing, hunting, and diligently avoiding bears. Packed with adventure, humor, and insight, this is the gripping story of an ordinary man learning the ways of the wild.
 
“Captures Grieve’s maverick adventure, and has an energy and pace to it, a compelling, rushing quality, like a dog sled chasing through the snowscape.” —The Scotsman
 
“A wild adventure.” —The Independent
 
“Hilarious.” —The Daily Mail
 
“Riveting, well-written, amusing, and sometimes deeply affecting.” —The Glasgow Herald

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781510701939

Guy Grieve

Guy Grieve is an adventurer and entrepreneur whose fight for sustainability has led him to start up a much-acclaimed ethical fishing company on the Isle of Mull (he dives for the scallops personally). The year that he spent living alone in a cabin in Alaska became the book Call of the Wild, and his foraging expeditions with chef Thomasina Miers became the Channel 4 TV series and book Wild Gourmets; he went on to co-present Living with Monkeys for BBC1. Sea Legs is the story of his family's voyage around the Caribbean and across the Atlantic in a second-hand sailing boat. Guy Grieve lives on Mull with his wife and two sons. @guygrieve / ethicalshellfishcompany.co.uk/guy-grieve