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Author Borneman, Walter R., 1952-

Title Alaska : Saga of a bold land / Walter R. Borneman.

Publication Info. New York : HarperCollins, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  979.8 BORNEMAN    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  979.8 BOR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  979.8 BOR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  979.8 BORNEMAN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 608 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-572) and index.
Contents Alaska; a sense of scale -- Crossing the next frontier -- Land before time (prehistory-1728) -- Lifting the veil; an empire up for grabs (1728-1865) -- Seward's folly; two cents an acre becomes a heck of a deal (1865-1897) -- Go north; the rush is on (1897-1915) -- Interlude; the calm between the storms (1915-1941) -- Forgotten campaign; World War II in Alaska (1941-1945) -- Postwar rumblings; statehood and earthquake (1945-1964) -- North again; this time the gold is black (1964-1980) -- Whose land? competing claims (1980-2001) -- Alaska; a sense of scale.
Subject Alaska -- History.
ISBN 0060503068
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