Rockwell Kent "Wilderness" Centennial Journal

ROCKWELL KENT WILDERNESS CENTENNIAL JOURNAL 100 YEARS LATER by Doug Capra © 2018 Part I – Onward to Tierra del Fuego November 1-4, 2019 ABOVE – “Resurrection Dream.” Resurrection Bay in late October 2019. Photo by Jim Pfeiffenberger. BELOW – Another day, another mood at Resurrection Bay in late October 2019. Fox Island is at center. Capra photo. A Damp Drizzly November in My Soul I won’t say the romance of Alaska has died for Rockwell Kent by the time Olson leaves Vermont – but perhaps his idealism has been replaced by the reality of his new situation. He’s finally getting some recognition. As he leaves Alaska and settles in Vermont, part of him most likely always knows that regardless of whether he achieves success or not, Fox Island will fade into a dream or memory. It’s no accident he ends Wilderness with, Ah, God. And now the world again! By the time Olson is gone, he has probably decided he won’t be going back to Alaska. He consider