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After serving as a US Marine during World War II and attending college on the GI Bill Sam Keith decided to seek adventure in Alaska as a laborer on the Adak Navy base There he befriended Dick Proenneke whose shared love of the outdoors hard work and selfreliance quickly bonded an alliance between the two Together they explored the wilds of South Central Alaska while working on the Navy base hunting and fishing with friends and breathing in the great outdoors Keith was ready to leave after three years of finding almost everything he soughtnot realizing then how his fate was intrinsically tied to his friends and how it would lead to writing the bestselling book One Mans Wilderness