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Abridged History Of Alaska
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Author : JOHN W. BROWN
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Abridged History Of Alaska written by JOHN W. BROWN and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
An Abridged History Of Alaska
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Author : John W. Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1909
An Abridged History Of Alaska written by John W. Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1909 with Alaska categories.
Summarizes material collected by the author to provide an accurate and up-to-date history.
An Abridged History Of Alaska
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Author : John W. Brown
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
An Abridged History Of Alaska written by John W. Brown and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Science categories.
Excerpt from An Abridged History of Alaska The knowledge, exploration and invasion of Alaska during the past twelve years has at last successfully revealed its true condition and future possibilities. The fur-seeking Russians made no accurate maps and little recorded history; the land-grabbing English explorers and navigators only cruised along its shores, naming everything in sight; the gold-seeking Spanish found no fable fountains or glittering gold and hardly left their mark. All made extravagantly pessimistic or mythical reports and exaggerated guesses or prophecies. Thousands of adventurers, searching for the Northwest Passage, for Sir John Franklin, for fur, fish or gold, lost their lives on its ocean or river shores. Of them history is as silent and unknown as their graves. After over a hundred years of ownership, the Russians at the time they sold it (1867) were ready to abandon it as worse than worthless. Had it not been for the debt of gratitude due to Russia the Congress and people of the United States would never have acquiesced in its purchase. For the first ten years the United States made only a formal military show of authority, with no government, and the following seven years abandoned it. providing no law, officers or protection. No reliable general history has yet been written of Alaska. Numerous reports and histories of a local nature have been written, however, mostly by persons officially engaged in or simply passing through the country; and while, as a rule, they are perfectly reliable as to a particular locality or subject, they are very unreliable and inaccurate as to the remainder of that country. Authors residing at Sitka for a year or less, or making a tourist's trip on the Inside Passage, or doing a little missionary work at one or two places, or passing down the Yukon within a month or two, or spending a summer at Nome, are very numerous. Their tales of death, starvation, Arctic winter, pitch-dark, endless nights, insanity-making mosquitoes, bloodthirsty Indians, lands, mountains and rivers of ice and general wail of calamity and terror, followed by novels of several authors so full of exaggerations and untruthful or mythical statements, have created a false impression in the minds of the people which now is very hard to correct. They are largely to blame for the government's tardy and scant attention to the needs and laws of the country, for the delays in settling it, utilizing its resources and wrongfully giving it an unjust history and lamentably untrue reputation. The author has devoted three years to diligently seeking information, and in person or by assistant has visited or investigated as far as possible all parts and subjects of Alaska. The important matter collected would fill a half dozen large volumes. It all seems necessary. We have nevertheless summarized it for the purpose of making a convenient volume for the student, tourists and Alaska miners, as well as for the general reading public. We hope two years later to present a more complete history of Alaska than has yet been published from the data for which this book has been compiled. Although we have brought this publication down to 1909, events so rapidly succeed each other that we will hardly be off the press before some portions will seem behind the times. We hope that the information herein, with such as will be imparted through the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition now ready to open at Seattle, will go far to show Alaska in a true light, and correct the errors and misapprehensions so generally prevalent now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Alaskan History In Brief
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Author : James K. Barnett
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Alaskan History In Brief written by James K. Barnett and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with categories.
Thirteen Years Of Travel And Exploration In Alaska Abridged Annotated
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Author : W. H. Pierce
language : en
Publisher: BIG BYTE BOOKS
Release Date : 2015-07-28
Thirteen Years Of Travel And Exploration In Alaska Abridged Annotated written by W. H. Pierce and has been published by BIG BYTE BOOKS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-28 with History categories.
A fascinating look into the incredibly rough and tumble world of prospecting for gold in Alaska in the late nineteenth century. W. H. Pierce was an explorer, gold miner, and observer of the natural world. He even describes finding fossils and wondering if their extinction may have been due to climate change. What is most remarkable was Pierce's persistence over many years despite many disappointments. Upon his return in 1889, he began working on this book. Professor James Harrison Carruth, a Yale-educated Kansas professor, was the editor. For the first time, this long out-of-print 1890 work is available in an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Territory Of Alaska
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Author : H. O. S. HEISTAND
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Territory Of Alaska written by H. O. S. HEISTAND and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
The Territory Of Alaska
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Author : H. O. S. Heistand
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-05-24
The Territory Of Alaska written by H. O. S. Heistand and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-24 with Reference categories.
Excerpt from The Territory of Alaska: A Brief Account of Its History and Purchase; Its Inhabitants, Geographical Features and Resources, With Especial Reference to the Gold-Fields and Methods of Reaching Them The author makes grateful acknowledgment of the courtesy of the officers of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey office, by whose permission the excel lent maps and most of the photographs used as illustra tions appear; and also of valuable assistance given him by Major Arthur L. Wagner, Assistant Adjutant General United States Army, in charge of the Informa tion Division of the adjutant-general's Office, and Lieutenant H. H. Whitney, 4th United States Artil lery, on duty in the same office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Alaska
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Author : Claus M. Naske
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2014-10-22
Alaska written by Claus M. Naske and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-22 with History categories.
The largest by far of the fifty states, Alaska is also the state of greatest mystery and diversity. And, as Claus-M. Naske and Herman E. Slotnick show in this comprehensive survey, the history of Alaska’s peoples and the development of its economy have matched the diversity of its land- and seascapes. Alaska: A History begins by examining the region’s geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of “Russian America” the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with “Seward’s Folly.” Mainland America paid little attention to the new acquisition until a rush of gold seekers flooded into the Yukon Territory. In 1906 Congress granted Alaska Territory a voteless delegate and in 1912 gave it a territorial legislature. Not until 1959, however, was Alaska’s long-sought goal of statehood realized. During World War II, Alaska’s place along the great circle route from the United States to Asia firmly established its military importance, which was underscored during the Cold War. The developing military garrison brought federal money and many new residents. Then the discovery of huge oil and natural-gas deposits gave a measure of economic security to the state. Alaska: A History provides a full chronological survey of the region’s and state’s history, including the precedent-setting Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, which compensated Native Americans for their losses; the effect of the oil industry and the trans-Alaska pipeline on the economy; the Exxon Valdez oil spill; and Alaska politics through the early 2000s.
Alaska S History
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Author : Harry Ritter
language : en
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
Release Date : 1993-04-01
Alaska S History written by Harry Ritter and has been published by Graphic Arts Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-04-01 with History categories.
A 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 Territory Of Alaska
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Author : Henry Olcot Sheldon Heistand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-01-03
The Territory Of Alaska written by Henry Olcot Sheldon Heistand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-03 with categories.