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The Last Wilderness describes Michael and Diane McBride's remarkable journey as they left Homer, Alaska and went across the bay to an abandoned spit of land. The couple wanted to live off the land and raise a family. After fifteen years of dedication and struggle, they built the environmentally conscious Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge. Their story conveys the beauty, joy, and dangers of Alaska and the people they came to know. Beautifully written with humorous stories of people and events, this is a book everyone who likes adventure and eco-travel must read.

When I first saw [Kachemak Bay], I fell hopelessly in love. . . . Standing on the bluff overlooking the bay, I pointed to the prettiest place I could see across the miles of blue-green water and thought to myself, "I'm going to spend the rest of my life right down there."

For almost fifty years Michael McBride has lived at his award-winning Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge. The lodge has won more awards, and has been the focus of more magazine, newspaper, and film attention, than any other in Alaska largely because of its environmental activism. The New York Times named the lodge one of the "l,000 Places to See Before You Die," and the Travel Channel dedicated an entire episode to it. McBride is a member of the Explorers Club and a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. He has extensive experience as a wilderness guide, bush pilot, licensed Coast Guard captain, marine biologist, conservationist, and voice for nature.