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Author : Frederick Whymper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska written by Frederick Whymper and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Walter R. Borneman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060503076
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (65 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Walter R. Borneman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom. While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.
Author : Larry Kaniut
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466824891
Total Pages : 537 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Danger Stalks the Land written by Larry Kaniut and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 1999-11-29 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska is like no other state and few countries; men experience greater risk in her arms. This one-of-a-kind anthology captures the spine tingling adventures of daring men and women who venture into Alaska's vast wilderness and look death in the eye. Danger Stalks the Land relates gripping episodes of animal attacks, avalanches, aircraft disasters, fishing, hunting, and skiing accidents, and chronicles risky climbs and reckless mountaineering amid Alaska's fantastic peaks. Through exhaustive research and interviews, author Larry Kaniut has captured in one volume, the terror and beauty of man's attempt to explore a vast and unforgiving land.
Author : Claus M. Naske
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780806146669
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (466 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region's and state's history, including the Russian period; the territory's painfully attenuated quest for statehood; the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.-- Back cover.
Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0804151423
Total Pages : 1178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
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
Author : Sam Keith
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1941821197
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (418 download)
Download or read book First Wilderness written by Sam Keith and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of the Alaskan classic ONE MAN’S WILDERNESS will enjoy reading this memoir of how its author, Sam Keith, and its subject, Dick Proenneke, first met. After serving as a US Marine during World War II and attending college on the GI Bill, Sam Keith decided to seek adventure and acceptance in Alaska. He arrived on Kodiak Island in July, 1952, where he secured a job as a laborer on the Adak Navy base. He befriended a group of like-minded men there, including Dick Proenneke, who shared a love of the outdoors, hard work, and self-reliance. Keith explored the wilds of South Central Alaska while working on the Navy base, and later as a Stream Guard and Enforcement Patrolman. In his hunting and fishing trips with Dick and his friends, Keith found almost everything he sought. But at the end of three years, Keith decided to go Outside to pursue other dreams. Dick Proenneke tells him, “Sam, you know right well you don’t want to leave this country. Don’t give up on it. Me and you got to figure something out.” In 1973, Keith went on to write ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS: AN ALASKAN ODYSSEY, based on his dear friend’s journals and photography. It was reissued in 1999 and won a National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA). In 2003, portions of text from the book and some of Proenneke's 16mm movies were used in Alone in the Wilderness, which began appearing on US public television stations. The documentary follows Proenneke as he builds a log cabin with only hand tools, and includes reflections on wildlife, weather, and the natural scenery he sees around him. Sam Keith passed away in 2003. But in 2013, his son-in-law, children’s book author/illustrator Brian Lies, discovered in an archive box in their garage a book manuscript, originally written in 1974 after the publication of ONE MAN’S WILDERNESS. FIRST WILDERNESS is the story of Keith’s own experiences, at times harrowing, funny, and fascinating. Along with the original manuscript are photos and excerpts from his journals, letters, and notebooks, woven in to create a compelling and poignant memoir of search and discovery.
Author : Claus M. Naske
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186135
Total Pages : 519 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.
Author : Bill O'Neill
Publisher : Lak Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781648450068
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Great Book of Alaska written by Bill O'Neill and published by Lak Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Book of Alaska is an entertaining, instructive and interesting Trivia & Facts book about the Last Frontier state. You'll learn more about Alaska's history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more!
Author : Nancy Smiler Levinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780329080822
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (88 download)
Download or read book --if You Lived in the Alaska Territory written by Nancy Smiler Levinson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores what it was like to live in Alaska from 1867, when the land was purchased from the Russians, until the territory achieved statehood in 1959.
Author : John Virtue
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476600392
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway written by John Virtue and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-11-16 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first detailed account of the 5,000 black troops who were reluctantly sent north by the United States Army during World War II to help build the Alaska Highway and install the companion Canol pipeline. Theirs were the first black regiments deployed outside the lower 48 states during the war. The enlisted men, most of them from the South, faced racial discrimination from white officers, were barred from entering any towns for fear they would procreate a "mongrel" race with local women, and endured winter conditions they had never experienced before. Despite this, they won praise for their dedication and their work. Congress in 2005 said that the wartime service of the four regiments covered here contributed to the eventual desegregation of the Armed Forces.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book General Information Regarding the Territory of Alaska written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Greci
Publisher : Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1250184630
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Hostile Territory written by Paul Greci and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Paul Greci’s Hostile Territory, a catastrophic earthquake strands four teens in the Alaskan wilderness—and leaves them without a civilization to return to. Josh and three other campers at Simon Lake are high up on a mountain when an earthquake hits. The rest of the camp is wiped out in a moment—leaving Josh, Derrick, Brooke, and Shannon alone, hundreds of miles from the nearest town, with meager supplies, surrounded by dangerous Alaskan wildlife. After a few days, it’s clear no rescue is coming, and distant military activity in the skies suggests this natural disaster has triggered a political one. Josh and his fellow campers face a struggle for survival in their hike back home—to an America they might not recognize. An Imprint Book “In Greci’s intense survival tale with a thriller component, four teens endure a harrowing trek across the Alaskan wilderness . . . It’s clear that Greci (The Wild Lands) knows his landscape—Alaska’s beauty and natural hazards become their own vivid character in his handling.” —Publishers Weekly “Readers will feel like they are in Alaska alongside the characters... Recommended for teenagers who like postapocalyptic adventure or are fans of Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet.” —School Library Journal
Author : Richard A. Russell
Publisher : Department of the Navy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Project HULA written by Richard A. Russell and published by Department of the Navy. This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian C. Hartman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996583787
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (837 download)
Download or read book Black History in the Last Frontier written by Ian C. Hartman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Dept. of the Interior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book General Information Regarding the Territory of Alaska written by United States. Dept. of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen W. Haycox
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295986296
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (862 download)
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.
Author : Cleveland Abbe
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781015811638
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Geography and Geology of Alaska: A Summary of Existing Knowledge written by Cleveland Abbe and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
