Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska from 1728 to the Present Date written by Alaska. Governor (1925-1933 : Parks) and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska written by Ella Howe Wendell and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Boom and Bust in the Alaska Goldfields written by Steven C. Levi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. Men and women—including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese—all rushed north. Many of these adventurers died in the harsh Arctic winters or drowned in the leaky, rotting ships that ferried them to the gold fields. The Gold Rush created the geography of modern Alaska and brought its rich natural resources and large Native population under the eye of the American government. This book, says Levi, is not intended to be an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush. Rather, it is meant to provide a myriad of glimpses into the lives of people and events of the age. This is a book of popular history. If you find it interesting, don't thank the writer; credit the 100,000 men and women who rushed north in search of the precious yellow metal a century ago. Far to the north of the 48 contiguous states, writes Steven C. Levi, is a land shrouded with the miasma of adventure. It is a land of glaciers the size of some states and fish the size of some cities. Its history is steeped in intrigue, scoundrels abound, and things that could never occur anywhere else on earth happened here. It has everything one has come to expect of an exotic port-and more. This land is Alaska. The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. It promised untold riches to anyone who could get there, and created a last-ditch, wild-west culture of greed and sin—a perfect haven for dreamers and scoundrels alike. Men and women—including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese—all rushed north. Many of these adventurers died in the harsh Arctic winters or drowned in the leaky, rotting ships that ferried the dreamers to the gold fields. The Gold Rush created the geography of modern Alaska. Strikes in Nome (where the gold lay on the beach and anyone could reach down and pick it up), Juneau, Fairbanks, Valdez, and Kotzebue helped put Alaska on the map and brought its rich natural resources and large Native population under the eye of the American government. In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. E. T. Barnette, for example, founded his own city (Fairbanks), established his own bank (Washington Alaska), and then absconded with every dime in the vault. George Hinton Henry, the father of Alaska journalism, was run out of every town where he tried to establish a newspaper. This book, says Levi, is not intended to be an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush. Rather, it is meant to provide a myriad of glimpses into the lives of people and events of the age. This is a book of popular history. If you find it interesting, don't thank the writer; credit the 100,000 men and women who rushed north in search of the precious yellow metal a century ago.
Download or read book A Glimpse of Alaska written by Edward Delor Kohlstedt and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels in Alaska written by John Muir and published by Boston, Mifflin. This book was released on 1915 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie of bears, bald eagles, wolves, and whales. Half-poet and half-geologist, he recorded his experiences and reflections in "Travels in Alaska," a work he was in the process of completing at the time of his death in 1914. As Edward Hoagland writes in his Introduction, "A century and a quarter later, we are reading ÝMuir's ̈ account because there in the glorious fiords . . . he is at our elbow, nudging us along, prompting us to understand that heaven is on earth--is the Earth--and rapture is the sensible response wherever a clear line of sight remains." This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes photographs from the original 1915 edition.
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska as it was and as it is written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska written by Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska written by Veazie Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska written by Lyons and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 198 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.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.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. 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.
Download or read book Glimpse of Alaska written by Edward Delor Kohlstedt and published by . This book was released on 1930-12-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Alaska 1963 written by Louise B. Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Esther Lyons Glimpses of Alaska written by Veazie Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpse of Life in Alaska written by Michael A. Carson and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glimpses of Sunshine and Shade in the Far North written by Lulu Alice Craig and published by Cincinnati : The Editor publishing Company. This book was released on 1900 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impressions from the author's travels via British Columbia to Dawson in 1898, where she remained a year, returning by the Yukon River and Bering Sea.
Download or read book Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers written by M. Scotty Lamkin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For author M. Scotty Lamkin, a conventional lifestyle at a traditional job was a horribly mundane way to approach life. On January 16, 1979, he arrived in Alaska with fifty dollars in his pocket, two duffel bags, and a backpack. A long way from his Kentucky homeland, Lamkin journeyed to Alaska expecting adventure, and he was not disappointed. Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers narrates many of Lamkin's true-life escapades in Alaska's remote bush country. In this half-travelogue, half-memoir, Lamkin tells the sometimes funny, sometimes deadly, stories of his experiences as a professional guide and adventurer waking up a brown bear at close range, sinking a boat in frigid Alaska waters, crashing bush planes, throwing rocks at bears, and experiencing some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth. Chance Is the Providence of Adventurers offers a glimpse into the flavor of Alaskan life, provides a firsthand view of the wonders of untamed nature and wildlife, and demonstrates the results of taking a chance to change your life.
