| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 171 pages : map ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
It happened in series |
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It happened in series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-164) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Map -- Introduction -- Russians Meet Alaskans On The Rocks!, Aleutian chain-1741 -- Search for The Northwest Passage, Alaska coastline-1778 -- Slaves of the seal harvest, Pribilof Islands-1786 -- Battle of Sitka, Sitka-1802 & 1804 -- Little girl on a Bering Sea whaler, Bering Sea-1857 -- Rebel raiders in the Bering Sea, Bering Sea-1865 -- Science and badness on The Yukon River, Yukon River-1865 -- Did America buy Fort Yukon?, Fort Yukon-1869 -- Adventure on ice, Glacier Bay-1880 -- Cook Inlet shipwreck, Cook Inlet-1890 -- Powerful giving, Klukwan-1890 -- Reindeer rescue, Teller-1894 -- Death on the glacier, Portage-1897 -- Avalanche on the Chilkoot Trail, Dyea-1898 -- Soapy Smith shot in Skagway, Skagway-1898 -- Harriman bags his bear, Kodiak-1899 -- Railroad wars, Valdez-1907 -- Mount Katmai erupts, Mount Katmai-1912 -- To the top Of Denali, Mount Mckinley-1913 -- Saving Nome, Nome-1925 -- Welcome back, musk ox, Fairbanks-1930 -- Japanese capture Kiska Island, Kiska Island-1942 -- Barrow duck-in, Barrow-1961 -- Molly Hootch case, Emmonak-1972 -- Pipeline's permafrost puzzle, Prudhoe Bay-1977 -- Libby's Iditarod victory, Iditarod-1985 -- Oil spill in Prince William Sound, Valdez-1989 -- Smoke And Fire, Fairbanks-2004 -- Alaska facts & trivia -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. |
| Summary |
Alaska is the Great Land! The history of the state is as grand as Denali. This book includes thirty true stories including Russian exploration, the Klondike Gold Rush adventure, World War II Japanese occupation, the destructive 1964 Eauthquake, and other events that helped shape this great state. |
| Subject |
Alaska -- History -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
0762739088 |
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9780762739080 |
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