| Alaska |  | Author: James A Michener
Publisher: Random House
Buy New: $39.80
as of 3/17/2010 22:03 CDT details
New (1) Used (2) from $39.80
Seller: gretchens_first print_books
Sales Rank: 3897164
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Collector's ed
Pages: 868
ASIN: B0006RHY2Y
Publication Date: 1992
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us across Alaska’s fierce terrain, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling technological present, as his characters struggle for survival. The exciting high points of Alaska’s story, from its brutal prehistory, through the nineteenth century and the American acquisition, to its modern status as America’s thriving forty-ninth state, are brought vividly to life in this remarkable novel: the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the discovery of oil and its social and economic consequences; the difficult construction of the Alcan Highway, which made possible the defense of the territory in World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community struggling to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic history of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.
|
|
|
|
Return to Math.com | |
