Give Me the Hudson or the Yukon

Mike McCann has written a book that will make you laugh, maybe even howl. It will, at the very least, stir your deeper sensitivities & sometimes lay you open to the marrow. Somehow he has managed to squeeze every lemon that life has rolled his way to make a powerful lemonade--a combination of bold humor & deep insight into the human condition. In 1976, Mike came north as a registered nurse, hoping to work in rural Alaska among the Natives & learn to fly. Two-thirds of "Give Me the Hudson or the Yukon" is about the seven years living on the Yukon just above Tanana. It details how he & Stan almost wiped out the village waterfront with his winter wood supply. How he found a wrecked plane on the tundra, rebuilt it & learned to fly. How he met a young gal who wanted to grease her cookie sheet with one of his fat sled dogs. The last third of the book is about growing up on the Hudson River. His rapid-fire style pulled me into the action of the city & this young kid trying to stand his ground. This small book is packed cover to cover & written in technicolor. All the way through, I had the feeling McCann was just happy to be a part of it all.McCann, Mike is the author of 'Give Me the Hudson or the Yukon' with ISBN 9780962753008 and ISBN 0962753009.