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Boom and Bust in the Alaska Goldfields: A Multicultural Adventure
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by Steven C. Levi
Sales Rank: 826902
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List Price: $49.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 268 pages
Published by: Praeger Publishers November 30, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0313345449
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0313345449
Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Book Description
"Far to the north of the 48 contiguous states," writes Steven C. Levi, "is a land shrouded with the miasma of adventure. It is a land of glaciers the size of some states and fish the size of some cities. Its history is steeped in intrigue, scoundrels abound, and things that could never occur anywhere else on earth happened here. It has everything one has come to expect of an exotic port-and more. This land is Alaska." The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. It promised untold riches to anyone who could get there, and created a last-ditch, wild-west culture of greed and sin--a perfect haven for dreamers and scoundrels alike. Men and women--including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese--all rushed north. Many of these adventurers died in the harsh Arctic winters or drowned in the leaky, rotting ships that ferried the dreamers to the gold fields. The Gold Rush created the geography of modern Alaska. Strikes in Nome (where the gold lay on the beach and anyone could reach down and pick it up), Juneau, Fairbanks, Valdez, and Kotzebue helped put Alaska on the map and brought its rich natural resources and large Native population under the eye of the American government. In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. E. T. Barnette, for example, founded his own city (Fairbanks), established his own bank (Washington Alaska), and then absconded with every dime in the vault. George Hinton Henry, the father of Alaska journalism, was run out of every town where he tried to establish a newspaper. "This book," says Levi, "is not intended to be an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush. Rather, it is meant to provide a myriad of glimpses into the lives of people and events of the age. This is a book of popular history. If you find it interesting, don't thank the writer; credit the 100,000 men and women who rushed north in search of the precious yellow metal a century ago."
About The Author
STEVEN C. LEVI is the author of Making It: Personal Survival in the Corporate World (1990), Travel Smart Alaska (1998), and Use History Like a Tool (2003).
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