Alaska, the Great Country
Author: Ella Higginson
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13:
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Fleeing the Country
Author: Eartha Lee
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 1457507641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComing Into the Country
Author: John McPhee
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781907970726
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlunge into the wild climate of unknown Alaska in this riveting travel account.
Alaska's History
Author: Harry Ritter
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Published: 1993-04-01
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 0882409727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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.
The Great Book of Alaska
Author: Bill O'Neill
Publisher: Lak Publishing
Published: 2020-02-29
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781648450068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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!
Alaska
Author: Walter R. Borneman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2004-01-20
Total Pages: 635
ISBN-13: 0060503076
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Russian America
Author: Hector Chevigny
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA compact, fast-moving social and political history that brings to vivid life the story of Alaska's early days. Its name was not Alaska until we bought it in 1867. Until then it was Russian America. Americans at large are apt to forget that our 49th state, Alaska, was first explored and settled by the Russians. They left a definite mark on the vast Northwest. -- Amazon.
This Much Country
Author: Kristin Knight Pace
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-03-05
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1538762390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod. In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend's cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months. In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend's eight sled dogs. That winter, she learned that she was tougher than she ever knew. She learned how to survive in one of the most remote places on earth and she learned she was strong enough to be alone. She fell in love twice: first with running sled dogs, and then with Andy, a gentle man who had himself moved to Alaska to heal a broken heart. Kristin and Andy married and started a sled dog kennel. While this work was enormously satisfying, Kristin became determined to complete the Iditarod -- the 1,000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast. THIS MUCH COUNTRY is the story of renewal and transformation. It's about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It's about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears.
Alaska
Author: Higginson (Mrs. Ella (Rhoads))
Publisher:
Published: 1917
Total Pages: 583
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlaska Homesteader's Handbook
Author: Tricia Brown
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Published: 2013-01-01
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0882409174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Alaska Homesteader’s Handbook is a remarkable compilation of practical information for living in one of the most impractical and inhostpitable landscapes in the United States. More than forty pioneer types ranging from their mid-nineties to mid-twenties describe their reasons for choosing to live their lives on Alaska and offer useful instructions and advice that made that life more livable. Whether it’s how to live among bears, build an outhouse, cross a river, or make birch syrup, each story gives readers a window to a life most will never know but many still dream about. Dozens of photographs and more than 100 line drawings illustrate the real-life experiences of Alaska settlers such as 1930s New Deal colonists, demobilized military who stayed after World War II, dream seekers from the ’60s and ’70s, and myriad others who staked their claim in Alaska.
