Books written by Chris Czajkowski

  • Nuk Tessli: The Life of a Wilderness Dweller

    The ptarmigan's calligraphy always amuses me . Their bodies cleave a trough and their feather snowshoes waddle from side to side so closely within it that the mark resembles a tiny track from a vehicle doing doughnuts as ...

  • Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga

    While she built the cabin she lived in a canvas house called a tent. The building took nearly two years to finish. ... They were smart enough to arrive by float plane. Like Chris, they paid more attention to the smell and sight of ...

  • Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog

    In this wild, uninhabited, lonely, bear-infested wilderness. And, judging by the amount of dog food that had been unloaded, we were going to stay here for a very, very long time. The plane chugged away, then slowly began to turn.

  • Captured by Fire: Surviving British Columbia's New Wildfire Reality

    The location was known as Lee's Corner, which was part of Hanceville, population three. The place had already been ramshackle when I had first come across it thirty-five years ago, and though owners had come and gone since, ...

  • Lonesome: Memoirs of a Wilderness Dog

    " Lonesome's memoirs paint a vivid and not altogether flattering picture of her life with Chris, but as she states, "I am not a vindictive creature and this book will remain family reading.