![]() ![]() 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. ![]() Praise for Alaska Few will escape the allure of the land and people describes. 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 people. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaskas 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. ![]() Michener guides us through Alaskas fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. Book Synopsis In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. About the Book Now for the first time in trade paperback, Micheners magnificent journey through the history of Alaska and his epic tale of the men and women who tried to claim the land and its spirit. ![]()
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