I've enjoyed reading it, though it doesn't rate as writing/content that I'd put at the top of my list. I'd call it worthwhile, especially to borrow from the library or pick up used.
Thanks Mark and Art. I'll check our local library or try to find a used paperback copy.
Someone told me about it a few months ago when we were in Juneau and discussing the book "Panhandle Pilot: Twenty Years of Flying in Southeast Alaska" This person suggested "Wager with the Wind" as a great read. I have since gotten quite a few comments similar to your two.
Reading Genes de Large: an Alaskan Diary and Memoir by Frederick Kent and so far it is a worthy read and quite well-written.
Lake Chandalar in the far North is a corruption of Genes de Large and the source of the title. The author built a cabin there and spent a month a year for a couple decades.
It is a better written thing than average and the story is a tad bit shallow compared to the writing quality, so far...
Head Winds, by Willy Lou Warbelow is another you may want to look at. Been a long time since I've read it, so I really can't say much about it, except that it's still on my bookshelf. Most books I don't want to read again go to Fleabay or yard sale.