Filled with stories of family, food, and culture, and interwoven with
personal recipes and photographs taken by the author, My Father's
Smokehouse folds the reader into a beautiful island landscape.
"Prescott emphasizes the importance of learning the traditional values
of where one lives, gratitude for what the land and sea provide, and the
responsibility to share with community."
--Anchorage Daily News
"[Prescott's] book is filled with traditions, memories and stories
surrounding Southeast Alaska life, including a family's perseverance,
the wisdom of Sámi and Tlingit cultures, and respect for elders and
their knowledge of the culture. The smokehouse at the fish camp is named
after her father."
--Wrangell Sentinel
The smokehouse at Mickey's Fishcamp holds more than fish. It is filled
with traditions, memories, and stories of a thriving Southeast Alaskan
life--of a family's perseverance, of the wisdom of Sámi and Tlingit
cultures, and of respect for Elders and their knowledge of the natural
world.
Mickey's Fishcamp is named after three generations of Prescott fishermen
who commercially fished the waters of the Inside Passage, and is located
near one of the oldest Tlingit settlements in Wrangell, Alaska. Here,
next to the rainforest and sea, author Vivian Faith Prescott has found
her place in the world. She is a student and teacher of the natural
environment--harvesting spruce tips, berries, sea lettuce, and goose
tongue and processing salmon, halibut, and hooligan--who combines
traditional practices with modern knowledge.
Heartwarming and introspective, My Father's Smokehouse tells one
woman's stories of Traditional Knowledge that is learned and passed on,
from one generation to the next.
