Description
Alaska’s King
Shannon worked three years on a setnet in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. When working a setnet, salmon becomes your life – picking fish out of the net, soaking salmon in brine, drying salmon. With this image, Shannon shows all the birds and animals (eagles, orca, bears) in the area and their connection to salmon.
Printed in Alaska on matte paper that meets the Sustainable Forest Initiative guidelines that promote responsible management of the world’s forests.
About Shannon Cartwright
Shannon Cartwright is perhaps Alaska’s most prolific children’s books illustrator, having illustrated over 30 books, 8 of which she also wrote, for a total of 1.5 million books in print. She has spent most of her time in Alaska since 1972 living off the road system. From working a set net in Bristol Bay, to leading horsepack trips in the mountains of the Alaska Range to the Brooks Range, to personally exploring the wilderness, she knows Alaska and her illustrations and writings reflect that.
