A 500 page (PDF) Document, released by the (USA) National Park Service, The Journals of Richard 'Dick' Proenneke between 1974-1980 just a portion of his life living in the wild of Alaska, contains prior history, illustrations & photos. Those of you who have seen the superb 'Alone in the Wilderness' video and have read his books, you will know exactly what this is.
For those of you who dont know him, Dick Proenneke is a man
at age 50 decided to give up modern life and go out to build his own log-cabin home at Twin-Lakes Alaska and live a life in the wild for 35 years. He documented his life with journals, photos and video.
50mb PDF - http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf - Right-Click and 'Save Target As'
The above document is the same book sold by Amazon.co.uk for £21.32 ('More Readings from One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980') however it seems that it has been released into the public domain by the National Park Service and appears your fine to download an electronic PDF version. Star find if you ask me
