Authors:Carole Marsh, Kathy Zimmer,
Publisher: Gallopade International
Keywords: alaska, experience, jeopardy
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2000-09
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0793397901
ISBN-13: 9780793397907
Author: Nancy Gates
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Keywords: alaska, 29th, almanac, facts
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0882406051
ISBN-13: 9780882406053
With facts and figures on geography, history, economy, cultures, and peoples of the Last Frontier, the 29th edition is packed with all-about-Alaska information for people who dream of visiting Alaska, as well as long-lasting sourdoughs.
Author: Nancy Gates
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Keywords: alaska, anniversary, 30th, facts, almanac
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-11-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0882406523
ISBN-13: 9780882406527
If you want to know Alaska inside and out, there is no better reference than THE ALASKA ALMANAC®. Updated annually with facts and figures on geography, history, economics, sports, cultures, and people of the Last Frontier, this information-packed volume is a must-have for Alaskans and visitors alike. Celebrating its thirtieth birthday this year, this handy little guide is chock-full of Alaskana, from the beautiful to the bizarre. As always, the wit and wisdom of Mr. Whitekeys continues to delight readers with his wacky-but-true Alaska factoids. Did you know . . . Arctic researche
Author: Sue Henry
Publisher: Avon
Keywords: alaska, mysteries, mystery, deadfall
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-07
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0380798913
ISBN-13: 9780380798919
Iditarod musher Jessie Arnold is being stalked and terrorized by an anonymous enemy. First, one of her sled dogs is badly injured in a steel trap and an ominous note leaves no doubt that the trap was set with malicious intent. Threatening phone calls and unsigned messages follow -- pressing Alaska State Trooper Alex Jensen to urge Jessie to go into hiding while he tries to track down the source of the threats. Finally, a near fatal car crash convinces Jessie to let Alex fly her to an isolated island more than two hundred miles away.There on desolate, windswept Kachemak Bay, Jessie hikes the is
Authors:Dawn Lea Black, Alexander Petrov,
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Keywords: alaska, rasmuson, library, historic, translation, press, commerce, shelikhova, russian, oligarch, natalia, university
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2010-05-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1602230730
ISBN-13: 9781602230736
This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections—including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders—were crucial to the growth of Alaska’s economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal d
Authors:Alaska Magazine, Jill Shepherd,
Publisher: Lyons Press
Keywords: adventure, alaska, magazine, exploration, survival, frontier, incredible, tales, last
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2004-07-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1592285686
ISBN-13: 9781592285686
The best writing from 65 years of Alaska Magazine.
Author: Mike Miller
Publisher: GPP Travel
Keywords: passage, inside, touring, southeast, alaska
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2008-05-13
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0762745355
ISBN-13: 9780762745357
Discover the rich landscape and scenic beauty of Alaska’s Inside Passage, including Skagway, Haines, Juneau, Sitka, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Ketchikan. Alaska’s Southeast details the region’s history, culture, geography, and flora and fauna. It also provides extensive information on when to go, what to bring, how to get there and how to get around, where to eat, and where to stay. With more than 10 million acres of forest, 1,000 islands, 10,000 miles of shoreline, 50 to 70 major glaciers, and thousands of brown bears and eagles, Alaska’s Southeast offers much to be exp
