Tales of Crazy Gail

A Unique Alaskan

Biography & Memoir
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Author: Michael A. Angelo ISBN: 9781483514093
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: November 30, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Michael A. Angelo
ISBN: 9781483514093
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: November 30, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English
During the period when Alaska was a poor new state, the oil discovery on the North Slope had just recently been announced, and in many ways Fairbanks was literally the end of civilization in North America, I first met Gail. In the early 1960’s, after a few years in the Merchant Marine, he had come to Alaska. I’ve never before or since encountered a person who was so nice but capable of doing such outrageous things and never getting in trouble! These true stories are from the period before, during and after the Trans-Alaska pipeline construction. The stories are also very, very funny. Many of Gail's exploits would certainly land him in jail if repeated today. Gail worked in Fairbanks as a TV repairman until the pipeline construction started. He joined the Laborer's Union and worked on various portions of the pipeline until it was completed, then again after the pump station downstream from Fairbanks blew up, and finally in the Aleutian Islands. Gail had a love/hate relationship with a State Trooper, had the craziest bassett hound you can imagine, built a log cabin near Denali National Park, eventually married and raised 2 sons in his bush cabin. His exploits are still ledgend from Fairbanks to Healy and Denali National Park, and one still hears a few of these stories, often greatly enhanced. This book contains many stories previously unknown about Gail's activities and misadventures.
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During the period when Alaska was a poor new state, the oil discovery on the North Slope had just recently been announced, and in many ways Fairbanks was literally the end of civilization in North America, I first met Gail. In the early 1960’s, after a few years in the Merchant Marine, he had come to Alaska. I’ve never before or since encountered a person who was so nice but capable of doing such outrageous things and never getting in trouble! These true stories are from the period before, during and after the Trans-Alaska pipeline construction. The stories are also very, very funny. Many of Gail's exploits would certainly land him in jail if repeated today. Gail worked in Fairbanks as a TV repairman until the pipeline construction started. He joined the Laborer's Union and worked on various portions of the pipeline until it was completed, then again after the pump station downstream from Fairbanks blew up, and finally in the Aleutian Islands. Gail had a love/hate relationship with a State Trooper, had the craziest bassett hound you can imagine, built a log cabin near Denali National Park, eventually married and raised 2 sons in his bush cabin. His exploits are still ledgend from Fairbanks to Healy and Denali National Park, and one still hears a few of these stories, often greatly enhanced. This book contains many stories previously unknown about Gail's activities and misadventures.

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