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It Happened in Alaska (It Happened In Series)
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by Diane Olthuis
Sales Rank: 1779659
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List Price: $9.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 192 pages
Published by: TwoDot; First edition July 1, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0762739088
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0762739080
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 4 ounces
Product Description
Alaska is the Great Land! The history of the state is as grand as Denali. This book includes thirty true stories including Russian exploration, the Klondike Gold Rush adventure, World War II Japanese occupation, the destructive 1964 Eauthquake, and other events that helped shape this great state.
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True Tales from Alaska's Past
From the Gold Rush to Tlingit potlatches to the Alaska Reindeer Project, It Happened in Alaska offers a unique look at intriguing icons and episodes from the history of the Last Frontier.
Meet Scotsman Edward Harriman, whose quest to shoot an Alaskan brown bear resulted in the identification of nearly 600 previously undiscovered plants and animals. Read about the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which pumps more than one million barrels of oil daily through frozen terrain. And learn how the 1985 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race brought both the race and musher Libby Riddles international fame.
In an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, Alaska resident Diane Olthius recounts some of her state's most captivating moments.
Reader Reviews
Alaska has a relatively short history as a state, coming in to the Union in 1959. But it also has a rich heritage going back much further, and all kinds of extremes in weather, landscape, residents and traditions. Author Diane Olthuis brings the reader up to date with 28 events dating back to the European arrival in the 1700s. Some of the 28 stories , including Russian enslavement of the Native Aleut people to help with the seal harvest, reflect the impact of outsiders on the Native peoples. Another story describes the famous Barrow "Duck-In" of 1961. Just two years after Statehood, the "feds" (as we Alaskans like to call them) suddenly decided to enforce a summer bird hunting ban. This caused distress for subsistence hunters in a number of Native areas of Alaska, including Barrow. They were being ordered to cease traditional hunting patterns by a distant federal government. The book shows how the Barrow folk demonstrated their opposition, and how the Migratory Bird Treaty was ultimately modified. Another story has to do with the 800-mile Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline, constructed in the 1970s to deliver oil from the Arctic Prudhoe Bay field to the port of Valdez. Olthuis describes it as the first oil pipeline built above the Arctic Circle. The book comes out at a current time when half of the Prudhoe Bay oil field has been shut down because of a rather major corrosion problem. History can be a wonderful teacher! There are many other stories of interest to anyone who has ever been to Alaska, or who might one day want to visit. As we say in Barrow, "Don't stop till you get to the top (of the State)" Earl
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