Mariah's Alaskan Heritage

About the Book

The Sweeney family enjoyed their first born and nicknamed him Buddy.  Less than two years later, a little girl named Hillary joined the family.  As time went on, they had other children and raised them in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska.  Raising children in the cold winters in Fairbanks wasn’t always easy but they never considered returning to the lower forty-eight.  They worked hard at teaching the children about the dangers of bears, swift water, moose, and very cold days.  They also took advantage of the fun things there was to do in the great state of Alaska.

About the Author

Jack and Ethel McMilin have been married for over fifty-four years.  They have five children, several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  They lived in Alaska for fourteen years and enjoyed that great state. They presently reside in Roy, Utah.  Ethel retired from civil service as a computer specialist.

Other novels written by McMilin are:  “A Cheechako’s View of Alaska,” “A Troubling Situation,” and “Naaman and Hannah.”