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In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its for Alaska“Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”–Los Angeles Times Book Review“Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”–Boston Herald“Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”–The New York Times
Author: James A. Michener
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: 11/12/2002
Pages: 1152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.6 lbs
Size: 8.2″ H x 5.5″ L x 1.8″ W
ISBN: 9780375761423
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