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Reflections of a Reluctant Alaskan Book Review by GettingBookReviews.com

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Lee Jordan's Reflections of a Reluctant Alaskan is a beautiful story depicting a young soldier's journey from the Deep South to Alaska, against his wishes, and the sixty-plus years he spent thereafter. Lee Jordan's Reflections of a Reluctant Alaskan is a beautiful story depicting a young soldier's journey from the Deep South to Alaska, against his wishes, and the sixty-plus years he spent thereafter. The images in the book show Alaska in all its splendor and beauty. The combination of text and scenic depictions is truly compelling. Lee Jordan's reluctance and ensuing journey is fittingly captured by a single quote appearing prior to the beginning of the book: "Twelve times, he told the Army to send him 'anyplace but Alaska.' Sixty-two years later, he doesn't want to leave the state where he made his mark as editor of a weekly newspaper, mayor, volunteer and twenty-year baseball coach." Lee Jordan's memoir is as breathtaking as it is amazing-in all aspects. It speaks volumes about the fact that life's experiences are infinitely more satisfying than material wealth. However, just reaching Alaska, by far, is a most unique account. Never in my reading have I come across an individual so adamant in not going to a certain place, and then, sixty years later, refusing to leave from the same "abhorred" place. Lee Jordan's trek to Alaska begins with a peculiar twist of fate: he meets with a bicycle accident that knocks out his four front teeth, and in order to repair them, he enlists in the Army with a three-year commitment-talk about getting sidetracked. Lee Jordan's experience in Alaska ranges from his initial involvement in WAMCATS, the Alaska Communication System, to being in North America's strongest earthquake that occurred on March 27, 1964. In between, he managed to invest a decade of his life at the Anchorage Times, where he played a role in the production of the iconic "WE'RE IN" headline referring to Alaska's statehood, twenty plus years as a baseball coach, and much more. The "Center of the Universe" chapter discusses one of the major reasons why Lee Jordan fell in love with Alaska. He describes it as a place with great people and "more common sense than anyplace else on the whole earth." Ultimately, hearty thanks should go to Lee Jordan's childhood chum and legendary FSU football coach, Bobby Bowden, for essentially causing the bicycle accident. The situation of the bicycle accident is described thusly, "Going down Eightieth Street Hill to the vacant lot on which we played, Bobby was riding on the bar of my bicycle. The bicycle built up speed and began to wobble as we flew down that steep incline. The heel of Bobby's shoe suddenly caught in the spokes of the front wheel, bringing the bike to an abrupt stop. He went off to the side. I was thrown over the handlebars and face-first onto the pavement. The bike went straight up and fell on top of the two of us." Without Bobby Bowden and the bicycle accident, the reader may never have had the opportunity to read about a man who lives life the right way. Indeed, the world would be oblivious to Lee Jordan and his reluctance to go to Alaska, and the ensuing sixty years of his life might have fallen through the crevices of history. Reflections of a Reluctant Alaskan is a must read book that shows how a single instance, just one seemingly insignificant event, forever altered the course of one man's journey through life.

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