{"product_id":"0025218604611","title":"Jazz at Oberlin","description":"Bad Water and Other Stories of the Alaskan Panhandle is a book of short stories set in southeast Alaska on an archipelago about the size of Florida. There are not many people and most of them live in a few small scattered towns. Some live in the more remote areas of the thousands of miles of coastline and hundreds of backwater bays and coves, making a living at whatever is available.\u003cp\u003eAlaska is a place where geography and weather dictate human behavior, and that could mean eating the same dried beans, rice, deer meat and fish for a good part of the year. With no freeways and little law enforcement (a 911call means contacting the Coast Guard), people must learn to be self-sufficient, especially in times of emergencies. Sometimes people make their own solutions to solve problems. If a solution doesn't work and you're still alive, it's time to try another! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe folks that live in this remote part of Alaska do whatever it takes to make it work. There's a freedom that can't be had in civilization, but the price is high. These are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Hunt and his wife live on a small island about a mile from Ketchikan, Alaska. There aren't any cars or roads, so everyone lives on or by the water. They've worked in construction, commercial fishing and teaching. \"We live in a cove named Whiskey Cove, a name from prohibition days when Canadian liquor was sold to locals before it was transported to town. The first paragraph of \"Making Do\" is a good description of Whiskey Cove.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher's website: http:\/\/sbpra.com\/TomHunt\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jessica Lane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47092490469616,"sku":"0025218604611","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0025218604611_p0.jpg?v=1763269065","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0025218604611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}