Alaska
Subtitle: Saga of a bold land
By: Walter R. Borneman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Alaska -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [561]-572) and index.
Table of contents: title: Alaska; a sense of scale; title: Crossing the next frontier; title: Land before time (prehistory-1728); title: Lifting the veil; an empire up for grabs (1728-1865); title: Seward's folly; two cents an acre becomes a heck of a deal (1865-1897); title: Go north; the rush is on (1897-1915); title: Interlude; the calm between the storms (1915-1941); title: Forgotten campaign; World War II in Alaska (1941-1945); title: Postwar rumblings; statehood and earthquake (1945-1964); title: North again; this time the gold is black (1964-1980); title: Whose land? competing claims (1980-2001); title: Alaska; a sense of scale.