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Fox Island (Alaska)
Island in Resurrection Bay off Seward, Alaska. Atlas Obscura tells how Rockwell Kent and his son wintered there in 1918, the stay behind his book Wilderness.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wild Alaskan Island That Inspired a Lost Classic | Sarah Laskow | setting | Rockwell Kent and his son spent the winter of 1918 in a goat-keeper’s cabin on Fox Island, cutting trees, painting and making woodcuts,… |
The Wild Alaskan Island That Inspired a Lost Classic — Sarah Laskow (2018)
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On August 28, under gray and drizzling skies, they loaded up their small boat and moved to Fox Island.
- Role: setting
- In the article: Rockwell Kent and his son spent the winter of 1918 in a goat-keeper’s cabin on Fox Island, cutting trees, painting and making woodcuts, isolated by rough water. The experience became the book Wilderness; today the island is part state-owned, part a pricey tourist lodge.
- Why it matters: The island is the whole story: the isolated winter there produced Kent’s book Wilderness.