Award-winning author of books on the history of Alaska, including Alaska and the Klondike, The Alaska Railroad 1902-1923, Alaskan Roadhouses, The 1935 Matanuska Colony Project, Along Alaskan Trails, The First Iditarod, The Yukon Quest Trail, The Beautiful Matanuska Valley, The All Alaska Sweepstakes, and others.

Over the past several years I have given presentations about the subjects of my books at the Alaska State Fair, the Palmer Historical Society, the Talkeetna Roadhouse, the University of Alaska, radio, television, and many other venues. I have also written articles for Alaska Magazine, Last Frontier Magazine, Alaska Dispatch, Mushing Magazine, The Frontiersman, and many others.

I’ve volunteered for several sled dog races, including the Yukon Quest, the All Alaska Sweepstakes, the Northern Lights 300, and the Copper Basin 300, and the Top of the World 350. I also organized and sponsored two ground-breaking Mushing History Conferences, in 2009 and 2010, which drew presenters and attendees from across Alaska and Canada, some of the most respected mushers, historians, researchers, documentarians, and authors.