It happened in Alaska
Subtitle: remarkable events that shaped history
By: Diane Olthuis
Edition: Second edition.
Series: It happened in the West series
Publisher: Twodot
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Helena, Montana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781493023493; 9781493023486
Subjects: Anecdotes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Russians meet Alaskans on the rocks: the Aleutian chain, 1741; title: The search for the northwest passage: the Alaskan coastline, 1778; title: Slaves of the seal harvest: Pribilof Islands, 1786; title: The Battle of Sitka: Sitka, 1802 & 1804; title: Little girl on a Bering Sea whaler: Bering Sea, 1857; title: Rebel raiders in the Bering Sea: Bering Sea, 1865; title: Science and madness on the Yukon River: Yukon River, 1865; title: Did America buy Fort Yukon?: Fort Yukon, 1869; title: Adventure on ice: Glacier Bay, 1880; title: Cook Inlet shipwreck: Cook Inlet, 1890; title: Powerful giving: Klukwan, 1890; title: Reindeer rescue: Teller, 1894; title: Death on the glacier: Portage, 1897; title: Avalanche on the Chilkoot Trail: Dyea, 1898; title: Soapy Smith shot in Skagway: Skagway, 1898; title: Harriman bags his bear: Kodiak, 1899; title: Railroad wars: Valdez, 1907; title: Mount Katmai erupts: Mount Katmai, 1912; title: To the top of Denali: Mount Denali, 1913; title: Saving Nome: Nome, 1925; title: Welcome back, musk ox: Fairbanks, 1930; title: Japanese capture Kiska Island: Kiska Island, 1942; title: Barrow duck-in: Barrow, 1961; title: This Good Friday earthquake wasn't good: Anchorage, 1964; title: The Molly Hootch Case: Emmonak, 1972; title: The pipeline's permafrost puzzle: Prudhoe Bay, 1977; title: Libby's Iditarod victory: Iditarod, 1985; title: Oil spill in Prince William Sound: Valdez, 1989; title: Smoke and fire: Fairbanks, 2004; title: Bringing back the wood bison: Shageluk, 2015; title: Alaska facts & trivia.