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Memoirs Of A Gas Station: A Delightfully Awkward Journey Across The Alaskan Tundra (2012)

by Sam Neumann(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Sam Neumann

review 1: I lived in Alaska from age 20 to 28 and spent many a summer working in tourism. Sam tells it like it is... long days of routine and stupid questions followed by partying and adventures, a lifestyle that you grow to love and miss by the end of the summer. Like others pointed out, the book was a bit crude at points, but really- there are no noble Alaska summer quests. He portrayed himself and his coworkers quite realistically. (Random note: that's why it's popular for the large tour companies to do a lot of hiring in Utah, hoping that those who follow the LDS faith will be more dependable and less wild than the average summer employee.)
review 2: Greet memoir, very entertaining. Descriptions of Alaska were awesome, and had me Googling images and maps to confirm w... morehat I was imagining. Story flowed well, was funny, descriptive, non-repetitive, and ended properly. I appreciated the lack of overly sexual descriptions, activities were handled tactfully (after all, this isn't a Harlequin romance). A fascinating read, and I'm looking forward to the author's next book. less

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