Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Alaska (on the Road Histories): On the Road Histories

Alaska (on the Road Histories): On the Road Histories

Madden, Ryan

Paperback

Series: On-The-Road Histories

Travel GeneralRegional: Pacific NorthwestWest

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1566565669
ISBN13: 9781566565660
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: Jul 1 2005
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.04 Depth: 9.04
Language: English
The word Alaska conjures romantic images of the frozen north--igloos, dog sleds, giant bears, endless tundra--and with these images, a sense of physical extremity: our biggest state, our northernmost state, our highest mountains, our lowest temperatures. In parts of Alaska, the sun never goes down in the summer and never comes up in the winter. But alongside the natural beauty and stark physical majesty is an interesting and complex human history thousands of years old and full of interactions between different peoples and cultures. Alaska Natives, Russians, French, Spanish, English, Americans, Canadians, and Japanese have all staked a claim in this Northern land. In this On-the-Road History, Ryan Madden first explores Alaska Native cultures, then moves to the Russian influence, the early American period and the influence of gold, and finally, Alaska in the 20th century, with the impact of World War II, statehood, and the oil boom.

Also in

West

View All