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Alaska : saga of a bold land / Walter R. Borneman.

Borneman, Walter R., 1952- (Author).

Summary:

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 these resource 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0060503076
ISBN: 9780060503079
Physical Description: xx, 608 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Edition: 1st Perennial ed.
Publisher: New York, NY : Perennial, 2004, ©2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-572) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue Alaska -- a sense of scale -- Introduction Crossing the next frontier -- Book one The land before time (prehistory-1728) -- Book two Lifting the veil: an empire up for grabs (1728-1865) -- Book three Seward's folly: two cents an acre becomes a heck of a deal (1865-1897) -- Book four Go north: the rush is on (1897-1915) -- Book five Interlude: the calm between the storms (1915-1941) -- Book six The forgotten campaign: World War II in Alaska (1941-1945) -- Book seven Postwar rumblings: statehood and earthquake (1945-1964) -- Book eight North again: this time the gold is black (1964-1980) -- Book nine Whose land? competing claims (1980-2001) -- Epilouge Alaska -- a sense of scale.