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After the early death of her mother, Linda becomes restless and no longer feels at home in the Netherlands. <\/span>She travels around the world, doing odd jobs wherever there is an opportunity. Her journey leads her to Alaska, where <\/span>she falls in love with John, a trapper who has lived alone in his cabin on the Yukon River for twenty years.\u00a0 Linda adapts herself completely to John\u2019s subsistence lifestyle. In summer she works in the garden, growing vegetables and preparing them for winter storage. John teaches her\u00a0to catch and smoke salmon, to shoot and skin porcupines, and to set traps to catch wolves, marten,\u00a0and lynx\u2014and also how to deal with bears.\u00a0<\/p>\n When Linda unexpectedly becomes pregnant, John\u2019s behavior changes radically. Linda realizes that she should have believed him, when he said he wanted a woman to make his life easier. 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John is very clear about his priorities: \u201cI am looking for a woman to make my life easier.\u201d<\/p>\nKLM made a podcast about Wilderness Years; see the link below.<\/span><\/h4>\n