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In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean Morgan Meaux (Editor), Stephen W. Haycox (Foreword by)Publish date:7/15/2013Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295992884ISBN-10:295992883UPC:9780295992884Book Category:Travel, Literary Collections, HistoryBook Subcategory:Special Interest, American, United StatesBook Topic:Adventure, State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC67M1KBES

In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909

This collection of Alaskan adventures begins with a newspaper article written by John Muir during his first visit to Alaska in 1879, when the sole U.S. government representative in all the territory's 586,412 square miles was a lone customs official in Sitka. It closes with accounts of the gold rush and the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Jean Meaux has gathered a superb...

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Washington PressISBN-13:9780295992884ISBN-10:295992883UPC:9780295992884Book Category:Travel, Literary Collections, HistoryBook Subcategory:Special Interest, American, United StatesBook Topic:Adventure, State & LocalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC67M1KBES

Jean Morgan Meaux lived in Alaska from 1971 to 1985, where she earned a master's degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and did freelance writing for the Anchorage Daily News.


Publisher: University of Washington Press

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Jean Morgan Meaux (Editor), Stephen W. Haycox (Foreword by)

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