Review: This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace

Title: This Much Country
Author: Kristin Knight Pace
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
Edition: Hardcover (336 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Autobiography
• Alaskan Wilderness
• memoir

My Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kristin Knight Pace graduated from high school and set out on the adventure of a lifetime, culminating in both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod sled dog races. She tells her story, falling in love with a man she met on the Internet, moving to Montana, and then to Alaska. She shares her personal heartbreaks and triumphs and the magical and primal beauty of Alaska, its people and its topography.

The descriptions in this book are beautifully written. As I read, I could see the mountains, rivers, and the splendor of the land in my mind's eye, as if seeing a picture. Kristin's love for her dogs and the land beckoned me on as I read. I was enthralled by the lifestyle and solitude of the wilderness. The dichotomy of Alaska became clear as I read--the beauty and awesome expanse--and the force of nature that takes skill to survive.