{"product_id":"chance-is-the-providence-of-adventurers-9781475923230","title":"Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. Scotty Lamkin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Animals - Fish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor author M. Scotty Lamkin, a conventional lifestyle at a traditional job was a horribly mundane way to approach life. On January 16, 1979, he arrived in Alaska with fifty dollars in his pocket, two duffel bags, and a backpack. A long way from his Kentucky homeland, Lamkin journeyed to Alaska expecting adventure, and he was not disappointed. Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers narrates many of Lamkin's true-life escapades in Alaska's remote bush country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this half-travelogue, half-memoir, Lamkin tells the sometimes funny, sometimes deadly, stories of his experiences as a professional guide and adventurer-waking up a brown bear at close range, sinking a boat in frigid Alaska waters, crashing bush planes, throwing rocks at bears, and experiencing some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChance Is the Providence of Adventurers\u003c\/i\u003e offers a glimpse into the flavor of Alaskan life, provides a firsthand view of the wonders of untamed nature and wildlife, and demonstrates the results of taking a chance to change your life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45126846382231,"sku":"9781475923230","price":1124.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781475923230.webp?v=1767279290","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/chance-is-the-providence-of-adventurers-9781475923230","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}