Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive! - Paperback

A must read for anyone interested in Alaska's territorial history from 1912-1935Filled with entertaining nonfiction short Alaskan stories and hundreds of historical photos-Volume three shares Alaska's history from 1912 to 1935. -This Alaska history book is a delightful journey through Alaska's growing pains as a US territory.Trains, planes and automobiles arrive and forever change the lives of Alaskans- Hardy souls came to Alaska with hammers and drills, axes and mattocks, mauls and gauges- They found it took muscle and endurance to lay railroad tracks in Alaska's untamed wilderness. - Other adventurers brought automobiles and airplanes north to Alaska- Transforming the way Alaska mined resources, explored the country, and traveled the Great Land. Did you know? - The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Anchorage Alaska's largest town in 1915? - Mushers and dog teams risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925? - Famous aviator Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow in 1935? Dozens more little-known Alaskan stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume ThreeThis volume is sure to keep readers ages 9-99 turning pages to see what happens next!New Third Edition with Index!