The Glacier Priest

"The Glacier Priest is a real joy to read and a tremendous contribution to the field of modern U.S. Catholic history." —Jack Lee Downey, author of The Bread of the Strong

"At one point the highest-paid lecturer in the world, reaching audiences of a quarter of a million people a year, the nearly-forgotten Fr. Hubbard springs off the pages of McMullen's excellent book. The story of the Glacier Priest is a story not just of a famous individual and his heroic sled dogs; it is a window onto twentieth century American Catholicism. The life of Fr. Hubbard—explorer, amateur scientist, and skilled myth-maker—sheds light on Catholics' complex relationship to American expansionism, democracy, capitalism, and the idea of wilderness." —John Seitz, co-editor of Working Alternatives

"Readers may have trouble deciding which is more fascinating in Josh McMullen's biography of Father Bernard Hubbard—the man or the natural world that Hubbard explored. That problem makes The Glacier Priest a pleasure to read for a host of reasons—American Catholicism on the eve of Vatican II, the West in the American imagination, the natural wonders of Alaska and the businesses that exploited them, not to mention the remarkable energy, curiosity, and devotion of the Jesuit priest, Bernard Hubbard." —D. G. Hart, author of American Catholic

"The world's most daring explorer." —The American Magazine