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Seward's Folly

Author : Lee A. Farrow
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602233047
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Seward's Folly written by Lee A. Farrow and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Alaska Purchase—denounced at the time as “Seward’s Folly” but now seen as a masterstroke—is well known in American history. But few know the rest of the story. This book aims to correct that. Lee Farrow offers here a detailed account of just what the Alaska Purchase was, how it came about, its impact at the time, and more. Farrow shows why both America and Russia had plenty of good reasons to want the sale to occur, including Russia’s desire to let go of an unprofitable, hard-to-manage colony and the belief in the United States that securing Alaska could help the nation gain control of British Columbia and generate closer trade ties with Asia . Farrow also delves into the implications of the deal for foreign policy and international diplomacy far beyond Russia and the United States at a moment when the global balance of power was in question. A thorough, readable retelling of a story we only think we know, Seward’s Folly will become the standard book on the Alaska Purchase.

The Story of Seward's Folly

Author : Susan Clinton
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516047270
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Seward's Folly written by Susan Clinton and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1987 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines Secretary of State William Seward's controversial but successful efforts to purchase Alaska from Russia for the United States in 1867.

Seward's Folly

Author : Lee A. Farrow
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
ISBN 13 : 1602233039
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (22 download)

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Seward

Author : Walter Stahr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439121184
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Seward written by Walter Stahr and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a profile of the leader of Lincoln's "team of rivals," examining the many political roles he had in his lifetime, including governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Lincoln's closest advisor during the Civil War.

Seward's Folly

Author : Edison Marshall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Seward's Folly written by Edison Marshall and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical novel of the intrigues behind the purchase of Alaska from Russia.

Seward's Folly

Author : Melissa Whitcraft
Publisher : Children's Press (Dublin)
ISBN 13 : 9780516225258
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Seward's Folly written by Melissa Whitcraft and published by Children's Press (Dublin). This book was released on 2002 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.

Seward’s Folly and Alaska

Author : Hex Kleinmartin
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502609711
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Seward’s Folly and Alaska written by Hex Kleinmartin and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia. It was called "Seward's Folly" because Alaska was thought to be a frozen wasteland. Discover the circumstances and geopolitical effects of the Alaska purchase in Seward's Folly and Alaska.

Journal of the Bicentennial Seward's Folly Expeditionary Force and Drinking Society

Author : Phillip Christian
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105853349
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Bicentennial Seward's Folly Expeditionary Force and Drinking Society written by Phillip Christian and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Chasing Alaska

Author : C. B. Bernard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762794283
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Chasing Alaska written by C. B. Bernard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska looms as a mythical, savage place, part nature preserve, part theme park, too vast to understand fully. Which is why C. B. Bernard lashed his canoe to his truck and traded the comforts of the Lower 48 for a remote island and a career as a reporter. He soon learned that a distant relation had made the same trek northwest a century earlier. Captain Joe Bernard spent decades in Alaska, amassing the largest single collection of Native artifacts ever gathered, giving his name to landmarks and even a now-extinct species of wolf. C. B. chased the legacy of this explorer and hunter up the family tree, tracking his correspondence, locating artifacts donated to museums, and finding his journals at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Using these journals as guides, he threw himself into the state once known as Seward’s Folly, boating to remote islands, hiking distant forests, hunting and fishing the pristine environment, forming a landscape view of the place that had lured him and “Uncle Joe,” both men anchored beneath the Northern Lights in freezing, far-flung waters, separated only by time. Here, in crisp, crystalline prose, is his moving portrait of the Last Frontier, then and now.

Alaska

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0804151423
Total Pages : 1178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Alaska written by James A. Michener and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 1178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii. Praise for Alaska “Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”—Boston Herald “Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”—The New York Times

Seward’s Folly and Alaska

Author : Hex Kleinmartin
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502609703
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Seward’s Folly and Alaska written by Hex Kleinmartin and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia. It was called "Seward's Folly" because Alaska was thought to be a frozen wasteland. Discover the circumstances and geopolitical effects of the Alaska purchase in Seward's Folly and Alaska.

Sir John A.'s Crusade and Seward's Magnificent Folly

Author : Richard Rohmer
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459709861
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Sir John A.'s Crusade and Seward's Magnificent Folly written by Richard Rohmer and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-01-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International intrigue on the eve of the birth of a nation at Britain’s Highclere Castle, aka Downton Abbey. In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers of Confederation arrived in London to begin discussions with Britain to create Canada. Macdonald and two of his colleagues stayed briefly at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, the stately home of the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, Britain’s colonial secretary. Those are the facts. Today Highclere Castle is widely known as the real-life location for the popular television series Downton Abbey. In Richard Rohmer’s novel, Macdonald talks with Carnarvon at Highclere about legislation to give Canada autonomy, the danger of Irish Fenian assassination plots, and the proposed American purchase of Alaska from Russia. Later, back in London, a fire partially destroys Macdonald’s hotel room, and the future prime minister, trying to curb his fondness for alcohol, woos and marries his second wife, Agnes. In the end, Macdonald wins the passage of the British North America Act but fails in his bid for Alaska when U.S. Secretary of State William Seward buys that strategic territory. Secret deals, romance, and international intrigue all figure in this rousing tale of historical speculation set on the eve of the birth of a nation.

Inside the Apple

Author : Michelle Nevius
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416593934
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Apple written by Michelle Nevius and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past. This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking tour know-how. Fast-paced but thorough, its bite-size chapters each focus on an event, person, or place of historical significance. Rich in anecdotes and illustrations, it whisks readers from colonial New Amsterdam through Manhattan's past, right up to post-9/11 New York. The book also works as a historical walking-tour guide, with 14 self-guided tours, maps, and step-by-step directions. Easy to carry with you as you explore the city, Inside the Apple allows you to visit the site of every story it tells. This energetic, wide-ranging, and often humorous book covers New York's most important historical moments, but is always anchored in the city of today.

Seward's Folly

Author : Graham Lancaster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780413473608
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Seward's Folly written by Graham Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment

Author : Randy E. Barnett
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674257766
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment written by Randy E. Barnett and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned constitutional scholar and a rising star provide a balanced and definitive analysis of the origins and original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Adopted in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment profoundly changed the Constitution, giving the federal judiciary and Congress new powers to protect the fundamental rights of individuals from being violated by the states. Yet, according to Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick, the Supreme Court has long misunderstood or ignored the original meaning of the amendmentÕs key clauses, covering the privileges and immunities of citizenship, due process of law, and the equal protection of the laws. Barnett and Bernick contend that the Fourteenth Amendment was the culmination of decades of debates about the meaning of the antebellum Constitution. Antislavery advocates advanced arguments informed by natural rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the common law. They also utilized what is today called public-meaning originalism. Although their arguments lost in the courts, the Republican Party was formed to advance an antislavery political agenda, eventually bringing about abolition. Then, when abolition alone proved insufficient to thwart Southern repression and provide for civil equality, the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted. It went beyond abolition to enshrine in the Constitution the concept of Republican citizenship and granted Congress power to protect fundamental rights and ensure equality before the law. Finally, Congress used its powers to pass Reconstruction-era civil rights laws that tell us much about the original scope of the amendment. With evenhanded attention to primary sources, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment shows how the principles of the Declaration eventually came to modify the Constitution and proposes workable doctrines for implementing the key provisions of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The Polygamy Question

Author : Janet Bennion
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874219973
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Polygamy Question written by Janet Bennion and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of polygamy occupies a unique place in North American history and has had a profound effect on its legal and social development. The Polygamy Question explores the ways in which indigenous and immigrant polygamy have shaped the lives of individuals, communities, and the broader societies that have engaged with it. The book also considers how polygamy challenges our traditional notions of gender and marriage and how it might be effectively regulated to comport with contemporary notions of justice. The contributors to this volume—scholars of law, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and religious studies—disentangle diverse forms of polygamy and polyamory practiced among a range of religious and national backgrounds including Mormon and Muslim. They chart the harms and benefits these models have on practicing women, children, and men, whether they are independent families or members of coherent religious groups. Contributors also address the complexities of evaluating this form of marriage and the ethical and legal issues surrounding regulation of the practice, including the pros and cons of legalization. Plural marriage is the next frontier of North American marriage law and possibly the next civil rights battlefield. Students and scholars interested in polygamy, marriage, and family will find much of interest in The Polygamy Question. Contributors include Kerry Abrams, Martha Bailey, Lori Beaman, Janet Bennion, Jonathan Cowden, Shoshana Grossbard, Melanie Heath, Debra Majeed, Rose McDermott, Sarah Song, and Maura Irene Strassberg.

Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait

Author : Bathsheba Demuth
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393635171
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Floating Coast: An Environmental History of the Bering Strait written by Bathsheba Demuth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between capitalism, communism, and Arctic ecology since the dawn of the industrial age. Whales and walruses, caribou and fox, gold and oil: through the stories of these animals and resources, Bathsheba Demuth reveals how people have turned ecological wealth in a remote region into economic growth and state power for more than 150 years. The first-ever comprehensive history of Beringia, the Arctic land and waters stretching from Russia to Canada, Floating Coast breaks away from familiar narratives to provide a fresh and fascinating perspective on an overlooked landscape. The unforgiving territory along the Bering Strait had long been home to humans—the Inupiat and Yupik in Alaska, and the Yupik and Chukchi in Russia—before Americans and Europeans arrived with revolutionary ideas for progress. Rapidly, these frigid lands and waters became the site of an ongoing experiment: How, under conditions of extreme scarcity, would the great modern ideologies of capitalism and communism control and manage the resources they craved? Drawing on her own experience living with and interviewing indigenous people in the region, as well as from archival sources, Demuth shows how the social, the political, and the environmental clashed in this liminal space. Through the lens of the natural world, she views human life and economics as fundamentally about cycles of energy, bringing a fresh and visionary spin to the writing of human history. Floating Coast is a profoundly resonant tale of the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that immense human needs and ambitions have brought, and will continue to bring, to a finite planet.