Fairbanks
Subtitle: a gold rush town that beat the odds
By: Dermot Cole.
Edition: Fairbanks Centennial ed.
Series: City history series; City history series (Epicenter Press)
Publisher: Epicenter Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Fairbanks, [Alaska]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Fairbanks (Alaska) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Map; title: Ch. 1. Low water and high hopes; title: Ch. 2. Boom times on the Chena; title: Ch. 3. Golden days in Fairbanks; title: Ch. 4. Trial by fire; title: Ch. 5. Town of Robinson Crusoes; title: Ch. 6. End of the glory days; title: Ch. 7. A ghost town no more; title: Ch. 8. Most air-minded city; title: Ch. 9. Through dust and mud; title: Ch. 10. War on the home front; title: Ch. 11. Red star over Fairbanks; title: Ch. 12. The end of the line; title: Ch. 13. A town transformed; title: Ch. 14. Celebrating statehood; title: Ch. 15. A river runs through it; title: Ch. 16. The oil years in Alaska; title: Epilogue; title: Bibliography; title: Index; title: About the author.