Back to the Barrens

Non-fiction; bush plane memoir/travelogue

George Erickson holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Minnesota. He is a recent director of the American Humanist Assoc. and has served on the New Brighton, Mn. Environmental Quality Commission. He is the recent Vice President of the Minnesota Seaplane Pilots' Association. A native of Virginia, Mn, he is married and has two grown sons. His first book, True North: Exploring the Great Wilderness by Bush Plane, which is based on experiences gathered during 30 summers of travel in Alaska and the Canadian north, rode the Canadian Bookseller's Coast to Coast bestseller list for 3 months in 2000-1, and was published in the U.S. by Lyons Press in 2002.