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Travelers Tales Alaska
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Author : Bill Sherwonit
language : en
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Release Date : 2011-12-27
Travelers Tales Alaska written by Bill Sherwonit and has been published by Travelers' Tales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-27 with Travel categories.
In Travelers' Tales Alaska, contemporary adventurers, seekers, and lifelong Alaskans take you into the "Last Frontier" for wild and poignant adventures. Walk among bears, witness the Inupiat taking of a bowhead whale, and spend time "weathered-in" on the Bering Sea coast. Follow the seasons of commercial fisherfolk in the world's most dangerous seas, sail the Inside Passage, or flight-see with bush pilots famed for high-stakes navigation around Denali, North America's highest mountain. Discover the 49th state’s quirky side, including an entire town that lives in a single World War II-vintage high-rise, a "Hairy Man" who roams the Bush, and backcountry gourmands who communicate with edible plants. Drive the Alaska Highway or head north along the pipeline Haul Road to the Arctic coast, not simply to get there, but to be there. Get the inside view as Alaskans share their stories of learning a new land or guiding tourists through Native culture. Whether you choose camping at Wal-Mart or casting for grayling on a lake named Paradise, whether you travel the Great Land in actuality or in your armchair, these stories bring Alaska alive, in all its latter-day complexity and glory.
In Pursuit Of Alaska
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Author : Jean Morgan Meaux
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2013-07-15
In Pursuit Of Alaska written by Jean Morgan Meaux and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-15 with History categories.
This collection of Alaskan adventures begins with a newspaper article written by John Muir during his first visit to Alaska in 1879, when the sole U.S. government representative in all the territory's 586,412 square miles was a lone customs official in Sitka. It closes with accounts of the gold rush and the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Jean Meaux has gathered a superb collection of articles and stories that captivated American readers when they were first published and that will continue to entertain us today. The authors range from Charles Hallock (the founder of Forest and Stream, a precursor of Field and Stream) to New York society woman Mary Hitchcock, who traveled with china, silver, and a 2,800 square foot tent. After explorer Henry Allen wore out his boots, he marched barefoot as he continued mapping the Tanana River, and Episcopal Archdeacon Hudson Stuck mushed by dog sled in Arctic winters across a territory encompassing 250,000 miles of the northern interior. Although the United States acquired Alaska in 1867, it took more than a decade for American writers and explorers to focus attention on a territory so removed from their ordinary lives. These writers-adventurers, tourists, and gold seekers-would help define the nation's perception of Alaska and would contribute to an image of the state that persists today. This collection unearths early writings that offer a broad view of American encounters with Alaska accompanied by Meaux's lively and concise introductions. The present-day adventurer will find much to inspire exploration, while students of the American West can gain new access to this valuable trove of pre-Gold Rush Alaska archives. For more information go to: http://www.inpursuitofalaska.com
In Darkest Alaska
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Author : Robert Campbell
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2011-06-03
In Darkest Alaska written by Robert Campbell and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-03 with History categories.
Before Alaska became a mining bonanza, it was a scenic bonanza, a place larger in the American imagination than in its actual borders. Prior to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, thousands of scenic adventurers journeyed along the Inside Passage, the nearly thousand-mile sea-lane that snakes up the Pacific coast from Puget Sound to Icy Strait. Both the famous—including wilderness advocate John Muir, landscape painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographers Eadweard Muybridge and Edward Curtis—and the long forgotten—a gay ex-sailor, a former society reporter, an African explorer, and a neurasthenic Methodist minister—returned with fascinating accounts of their Alaskan journeys, becoming advance men and women for an expanding United States. In Darkest Alaska explores the popular images conjured by these travelers' tales, as well as their influence on the broader society. Drawing on lively firsthand accounts, archival photographs, maps, and other ephemera of the day, historian Robert Campbell chronicles how Gilded Age sightseers were inspired by Alaska's bounty of evolutionary treasures, tribal artifacts, geological riches, and novel thrills to produce a wealth of highly imaginative reportage about the territory. By portraying the territory as a "Last West" ripe for American conquest, tourists helped pave the way for settlement and exploitation.
Lost Angel Walkabout
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Author : Linda Ballou
language : en
Publisher: Winddancer Press
Release Date : 2011-09
Lost Angel Walkabout written by Linda Ballou and has been published by Winddancer Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09 with Travel categories.
Lost Angel Walkabout—One Traveler’s Tales is a spirited collection of travel narratives recounting the haps, mishaps, and serendipitous adventures that give, travel-writer Linda Ballou, a sense of wonder and delight. Some of the stories like Falling in the Footsteps of John Muir and Look Both Ways on Small Islands are reflections that might make you glad you stayed home, while River Wise could inspire you to toss the TV clicker out the window and to explore our beautiful planet. All of the stories take you to special places where you share the sensual experience of being there without straining one muscle, getting altitude sickness, or tipping your canoe. This is an eclectic mix of tales filled with chills, spills, giggles and squeaks!
The Incredible Travel Tales Of John Muir Illustrated Edition
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Author : John Muir
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-07-04
The Incredible Travel Tales Of John Muir Illustrated Edition written by John Muir and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-04 with Travel categories.
During his numerous travels across the North America John Muir left behind a several travel books and travel reports. In September 1867, Muir undertook a walk of about 1,000 miles from Indiana to Florida, which he recounted in his book A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf. He had no specific route chosen, except to go by the "wildest, leafiest, and least trodden way I could find. Upon coming to California Muir immediately left for a visit to Yosemite, a place he had only read about. His hiking journeys through the mountains, valleys,forests andglaciersof Sierra are vividly described in books My First Summer in the Sierra and The Mountains of California. Muir also made four trips to Alaska and he documented these experiences in books Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin. Steep Trails is collection of Muir's papers written during his journeysover a period of twenty-nine years collected by William Frederic Badè. Table of Contents: A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf My First Summer in the Sierra The Mountains of California Travels in Alaska The Cruise of the Corwin Steep Trails John Muir (1838-1914) was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountainsof California, have been read by millions. His activism helped to preserve the Yosemite Valley, Sequoia National Park and other wilderness areas. The Sierra Club, which he founded, is a prominent American conservation organization.
Alaskan Lonely Hearts Club
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Author : Paul Gogarty
language : en
Publisher: Interlink Books
Release Date : 2018-08-07
Alaskan Lonely Hearts Club written by Paul Gogarty and has been published by Interlink Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-07 with Travel categories.
VIGNETTES OF TRAVEL WRITING FROM AROUND THE GLOBE IN TWENTY SIX A – Z STORIES, PEOPLED WITH ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS--In Alaskan Lonely Hearts Club acclaimed travel writer Paul Gogarty shares his life on the road in 26 A-Z stories recording his very particular engagement with some highly eccentric characters. An eclectic range of destinations sees Gogarty skiing in Algeria, deep sea fishing in Kenya and attending a George Formby ukulele convention in Blackpool. Often hilarious, these tales range from an end-of-the-line bachelor auction in Alaska to attending the Henley-on-Todd Regatta in the parched dustbowl of Alice Springs. A passion for music is a thread running through several of the stories. In “Caister Soul Weekender” Gogarty checks into an East Anglian static caravan site for three days of dance, Red Bull and camaraderie. After hanging out with country wannabes in Nashville and attending the Delta Blues Festival in Greenville his car breaks down at the very crossroads where bluesman Robert Johnson reputedly sold his soul to the devil in return for guitar mastery. Nor is Gogarty afraid to sign up for the bizarre, whether visiting a homemade Stonehenge, taking an Arctic plunge protected only by swimming trunks, or learning the arcane art of healing and dowsing for hereditary diseases in Basingstoke. This collection showcases the diversity and possibilities of travel writing. More than anything else these tales underline a fascination with people and an openness to experience the world in all its diversity.
Alaska S Place In The West
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Author : Roxanne Willis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Alaska S Place In The West written by Roxanne Willis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.
The first comprehensive examination of Alaskan development schemes from 1890 to the present. Focuses on five major conflicts between environmentalists and developers, from reindeer herding to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Takes readers behind common and simplistic representations of the state to explore the rich history and extreme diversity of a land that cannot easily be pigeonholed into typical American conceptions about place.
Viajero
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Author : Paul Edward Eich
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2016-08-12
Viajero written by Paul Edward Eich and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-12 with Travel categories.
My book is about my travels to different parts of the world and my helping the people of Honduras after Hurricane Mitch several years ago. I have driven alone to every state on the North American continentfrom Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, and from Labrador to Guatemala. I was the first American to ever receive a special permit to visit the closed cities of Sevastopol and Balaklava in Russia, home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and was made an honorary citizen of Sevastopol.
Alaska Points North
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Author : Carolyn Usher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Alaska Points North written by Carolyn Usher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Alaska categories.
Part travel tale, part travel guide, Alaska & Points North pulls readers onboard for the ultimate North American roadtrip: north to Alaska through British Columbia, the Yukon and Northwest Territories. INCLUDED: Alaska Hwy, Denali National Park, Dempster Hwy to Inuvik, Dawson City, Whitehorse, the Stewart Cassiar Hwy, Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound, Atlin, Telegraph Creek, Stewart Hyder, Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) and the Haul Raod (Dalton Hwy) to the Arctic Ocean made famous by the Ice Road Truckers. A great read for armchair travelers, the book also provides everything a reader needs to plan their own adventure: routes, road conditions, RV rental and camping information, sites to see, how to contend with bugs, bears and what to do if you accidentally kill a grizzly. All the contact and info details are detailed as well as maps and more than 200 photos. For more information visit the author's website: http: //www.weroadtrip.com
Best Travel Writing 2005
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Author : James O'Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Release Date : 2005
Best Travel Writing 2005 written by James O'Reilly and has been published by Travelers' Tales this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Travel categories.
The 28 stories in this compilation take the reader on delightful armchair adventures to points known and unknown, from recreating Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" in a makeshift boxing ring in Malawi, to discovering the secret to life and chicken in a humble Parisian restaurant, to encountering the ghost of Odysseus and the mysteries of one's own past in the Aegean. Featuring points of view and perspectives as global as the tales themselves, the stories present an equally eclectic collection of themes, encompassing spiritual growth, misadventure, high adventure, romance, women's solo journeys, stories of service to humanity, family travel, and encounters with exotic cuisine. The common thread connecting them all is fresh, lively storytelling that make readers laugh, cry, wish they were there, or be glad they weren't.