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Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town That Beat the Odds

Fairbanks: A Gold Rush Town That Beat the Odds

Paperback

Regional: Pacific Northwest

ISBN10: 1602230307
ISBN13: 9781602230309
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: Oct 1 2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
The turbulent history of Fairbanks, Alaska is far less well-known than most urban histories. With this volume, Dermot Cole chronicles the rollicking backstory of a city that owes its beginnings to a cargo boat accident and the Klondike gold rush. Cole engagingly recounts how Fairbanks and its hardy residents survived floods, fires, harsh weather, and economic crises to see the city flourish into the prosperous transportation hub and government seat it is today. Fairbanksis ultimately a fascinating historical saga of one of the last cities to be established on the American frontier.

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