An Alaska Anthology

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800372
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Book Synopsis An Alaska Anthology by : Stephen W. Haycox

Download or read book An Alaska Anthology written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska, with its Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut heritage, its century of Russian colonization, its peoples’ formidable struggles to wrest a living (or a fortune) from the North’s isolated and harsh environment, and its relatively recent achievement of statehood, has long captured the popular imagination. In An Alaska Anthology, twenty-five contemporary scholars explore the region’s pivotal events, significant themes, and major players, Native, Russian, Canadian, and American. The essays chosen for this anthology represent the very best writing on Alaska, giving great depth to our understanding and appreciation of its history from the days of Russian-American Company domination to the more recent threat of nuclear testing by the Atomic Energy Commission and the influence of oil money on inexperienced politicians. Readers may be familiar with an earlier anthology, Interpreting Alaska’s History, from which the present volume evolved to accommodate an explosion of research in the past decade. While a number of the original pieces were found to be irreplaceable, more than half of the essays are new. The result is a fresh perspective on the subject and an invaluable resource for students, teachers, and scholars.

In Pursuit of Alaska

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804726
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Book Synopsis In Pursuit of Alaska by : Jean Morgan Meaux

Download or read book In Pursuit of Alaska written by Jean Morgan Meaux and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Alaskan adventures begins with a newspaper article written by John Muir during his first visit to Alaska in 1879, when the sole U.S. government representative in all the territory's 586,412 square miles was a lone customs official in Sitka. It closes with accounts of the gold rush and the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Jean Meaux has gathered a superb collection of articles and stories that captivated American readers when they were first published and that will continue to entertain us today. The authors range from Charles Hallock (the founder of Forest and Stream, a precursor of Field and Stream) to New York society woman Mary Hitchcock, who traveled with china, silver, and a 2,800 square foot tent. After explorer Henry Allen wore out his boots, he marched barefoot as he continued mapping the Tanana River, and Episcopal Archdeacon Hudson Stuck mushed by dog sled in Arctic winters across a territory encompassing 250,000 miles of the northern interior. Although the United States acquired Alaska in 1867, it took more than a decade for American writers and explorers to focus attention on a territory so removed from their ordinary lives. These writers-adventurers, tourists, and gold seekers-would help define the nation's perception of Alaska and would contribute to an image of the state that persists today. This collection unearths early writings that offer a broad view of American encounters with Alaska accompanied by Meaux's lively and concise introductions. The present-day adventurer will find much to inspire exploration, while students of the American West can gain new access to this valuable trove of pre-Gold Rush Alaska archives. For more information go to: http://www.inpursuitofalaska.com

Alaska

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295986296
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Alaska by : Stephen W. Haycox

Download or read book Alaska written by Stephen W. Haycox and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new paper edition of the state's history, which focuses on Russian America and American Alaska.

Raven Tells Stories

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Publisher : Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Raven Tells Stories by : Joseph Bruchac

Download or read book Raven Tells Stories written by Joseph Bruchac and published by Greenfield Center, N.Y. : Greenfield Review Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a fresh look at Alaskan culture by bringing together an assortment of poems, stories, essays, plays, and journal excerpts from the writings of Native Alaskans. The authors deal with the transitions, losses, struggles, and successes of life in a changing homeland. Many of the writers vividly remember the changes, good and bad, that statehood brought. Some of the 23 writers are well-known, while others are celebrating their first publication. Most authors provide short autobiographies presenting their cultural and literary influences as an introduction to their statement. ISBN 0-912678-80-1: $12.95.

Alaska's History

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Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 0882409727
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (824 download)

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Book Synopsis Alaska's History by : Harry Ritter

Download or read book Alaska's History written by Harry Ritter and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively, take along account of Alaska's sweeping history made vivid with historical photos and entertaining essays. Topics covered include Native lifestyles before contact with the Europeans; Alexander Baranov and the Russian fur trade; John Muir's visit to Glacier Bay in 1879; the Klondike gold rush stampede; pioneer climbs on Mount McKinley; the exploits of early Alaska Bush pilots; big game hunting in the North Country; Alaska's fisheries, where salmon is king; and today's Native traditions. A history book that's fun to read, Alaska's History sets forth the Last Frontier's glorious past and challenging present.

Denali

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Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9780898867107
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (671 download)

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Book Synopsis Denali by : Bill Sherwonit

Download or read book Denali written by Bill Sherwonit and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Denali, "The High One," (Alaska's Mount McKinley) has beguiled storytellers since time immemorial. In this wide- ranging anthology spanning 101 years of published writings - representing both the northern classics and little-known gems - editor Bill Sherwont gives us a taste of rich literary legacy.

Building Fires in the Snow

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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602233012
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Building Fires in the Snow by : Martha Amore

Download or read book Building Fires in the Snow written by Martha Amore and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state’s population consists of people with many different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences. This book opens a window into these diverse lives, gathering stories and poems about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer life into a brilliant, path-breaking anthology. In these pages we see the panoply of LGBTQ life in Alaska today, from the quotidian urban adventures of a family—shopping, going out, working—to intimate encounters with Alaska’s breathtaking natural beauty. At a time of great change and major strides in LGBTQ civil rights, Building Fires in the Snow shows us an Alaska that shatters stereotypes and reveals a side of Alaska that’s been little seen until now.

The Last New Land

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ISBN 13 : 9780882408149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last New Land by : Wayne Mergler

Download or read book The Last New Land written by Wayne Mergler and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mergler has scoured Alaska's literary tradition for the best writing the state has to offer. "The Last New Land" gathers a rich and comprehensive sampling of fiction, nonfiction and poetry about the Northland.

Debbie Macomber The Complete Alaska Collection

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Publisher : MIRA
ISBN 13 : 1488029156
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Debbie Macomber The Complete Alaska Collection written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time together in a box set, rediscover the world of the Midnight Sons in the Complete Alaska Collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. LONELY MEN IN HARD LUCK, ALASKA, LOOKING FOR WOMEN. OUR TOWN MIGHT BE COLD, BUT OUR HEARTS ARE WARM! Location: north of the Arctic Circle. Population: 150 (mostly men!). But the three O’Halloran brothers, who run a bush-plane charter service called Midnight Sons, are heading a campaign to bring women to town. While many of the town’s residents are skeptical of the scheme, they can’t deny that something seems to be in the air up there… Join the people of Hard Luck as they discover love in unexpected ways! Brides for Brothers The Marriage Risk Daddy’s Little Helper Because of the Baby Falling for Him Ending in Marriage Midnight Sons and Daughters (novella)

Flickering in the Arctic

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595282547
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Alaska Women Speak

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ISBN 13 : 9780998688350
Total Pages : pages
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Spirit Things

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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602234566
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Spirit Things by : Lara Messersmith-Glavin

Download or read book Spirit Things written by Lara Messersmith-Glavin and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays that evoke an adventurous spirit and the craving for myth, Spirit Things examines the hidden meanings of objects found on a fishing boat, as seen through the eyes of a child. Author Lara Messersmith-Glavin blends memoir, mythology, and science as she relates the uniqueness and flavor of the Alaskan experience through her memories of growing up fishing in the commercial salmon industry off Kodiak Island. “Spirit things” are those mundane objects that offer new insights into the world on closer consideration—fishing nets, a favorite knife, and the bioluminescent gleam of seawater in a twilight that never truly grows dark. Spirit Things recounts stories of fishing, family, synesthesia, storytelling, gender, violence, and meaning. Each essay takes an object and follows it through histories: personal, material, and scientific, drawing together the delicate lines that link things through their making and use, their genesis and evolution, and the ways they gain significance in an individual’s life. A contemplative take on everything from childcare to neurodivergence, comfort foods to outlaws, Spirit Things uses experiences from the human world and locates them on the edges of nature. Contact with wilderness, with wildness, be it twenty-foot seas in the ocean off Alaska’s coast or chairs flying through windows of a Kodiak bar, provides an entry point for meditations on the ways in which patterns, magic, and wonder overlap.

Rods & Wings

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ISBN 13 : 9781888125627
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (256 download)

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Book Synopsis Rods & Wings by : Bo Bennett

Download or read book Rods & Wings written by Bo Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rods and Wings, A History of the Fishing Lodge Business in Bristol Bay, Alaska, is a story filled with vision, humor, irony, tragedy, hardship, tremendous courage, and people. This story is especially about people, hardy pioneers who challenged Alaska through the air, on the lakes and rivers, and over the tundra. The first lodge developers came by plane; the materials they needed came later by barge, by air, and across the ice. Nothing was simple. Nothing came easily From General Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower, and Adlai Stevensen in the early days to Jack Lemmon, John Elway, and General Norman Scwarzkopf in more recent times, the guests have been as fascinating as the lodge owners themselves. The history of the lodges is about much more than fishing. It is about challenging a formidable wilderness and opening new frontiers. This is an enthralling saga which will capture the attention of readers everywhere.

Readings from Southwest Alaska

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ISBN 13 : 9780930931278
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (312 download)

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Book Synopsis Readings from Southwest Alaska by : John B. Branson

Download or read book Readings from Southwest Alaska written by John B. Branson and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stranded (Alaskan Courage Book #3)

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Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441262733
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Book Synopsis Stranded (Alaskan Courage Book #3) by : Dani Pettrey

Download or read book Stranded (Alaskan Courage Book #3) written by Dani Pettrey and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Her Friend Goes Missing, Every Minute Counts Darcy St. James returns to Alaska to join a journalist friend undercover on the trail of a big story. But when Darcy arrives, she finds her friend has disappeared. Troubled by the cruise ship's vague explanation, Darcy uses her cover as a travel reporter to investigate further. The last person Gage McKenna expects to see during his summer aboard a cruise ship leading adventure excursions is Darcy. And in typical Darcy fashion, she's digging up more trouble. He'd love to just forget her--but something won't let him. And he can't help but worry about her as they are heading into more remote regions of Alaska and eventually into foreign waters. Something sinister is going on, and the deeper they push, the more Gage fears they've only discovered the tip of the iceberg. "The third book in Pettrey's Alaskan Courage series ratchets up the action and suspense. It's difficult to stop yourself from peeking ahead to the end, but the ride is worth the anxiety." --RT Book Reviews "Dani Pettrey has delivered another incredibly compelling adventure in Alaska. STRANDED is full of suspense, beautiful rugged wilderness and white-water rapids, and a heartfelt romance. I loved catching up with the McKenna family." - Dee Henderson, New York Times bestselling author

Cold Flashes

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Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 9781602230934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Cold Flashes by : Michael Engelhard

Download or read book Cold Flashes written by Michael Engelhard and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the old adage goes, "if you can't say it in a few pages, you won't in a hundred." The selections in Cold Flashes—very short prose and black-and-white photographs—embody perfectly this transparency, thrift, and restraint. Found here are highly polished micro-narratives, both fiction and nonfiction, and a series of eloquent and artistic halftones that capture their sizeable subjects in a nutshell. By minimizing the exposition, the selections stimulate the imagination to reflect on the rich diversity of people and places that make up Alaska. To be savored piecemeal at coffee shops, on the bus, or while waiting in line, the images and text in Cold Flashes will resonate with both the reader and each other, fusing into something profound yet elusive.

Interpreting Alaska's History

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ISBN 13 : 9780295974323
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (743 download)

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Book Synopsis Interpreting Alaska's History by : Mary Childers Mangusso

Download or read book Interpreting Alaska's History written by Mary Childers Mangusso and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: