Alaska

Saga of a Bold Land

Walter R. Borneman

• Publisher: HarperCollins e-books
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9780060503079
• eBook ISBN: 9780061865275
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

This panoramic chronicle of Alaska captures the grandeur of its geography, history, and many larger-than-life personalities: "Just plain terrific" (Bradford Washburn).
The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches—and ever present are new people with competing views on how these valuable resources should be used. Here are the stories of Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in WWII; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land itself is to be used—and by whom.
While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change.  Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side of this perennial debate, and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Map
• Prologue
• Introduction
• Book One
• Book Two
• Book Three
• Book Four
• Book Five
• Book Six
• Book Seven
• Book Eight
• Book Nine
• Epilogue
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgments
• Searchable Terms
• About the Author
• Praise
• Other Books By Walter R. Borneman
• Credits
• Copyright
• About the Publisher