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

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Product Details
Price
$30.99
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Publish Date
Pages
312
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.9 X 0.9 inches | 0.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780295992884

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About the Author
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.
Reviews

This is a terrific book, with archival photographs and smart, informative introductions for the various travelers' accounts.

--Mike Dillon "City Living "

In Pursuit of Alaska....is clearly a labor of love beautifully realized by the University of Washington Press.

-- (01/01/2014)

In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Travelers' Tales, 1879-1909 is a lively and fascinating collection filled with exceptional prose that will give modern readers a taste of Americans' first encounters with the North...For anyone interested in Alaska history, or even just exceptional writing, In Pursuit of Alaska is an absolutely essential volume.

-- (01/01/2014)

Offers travel writing by explorers, tourists, adventure seekers, and gold miners who traversed Alaska when it was truly the last frontier.

-- (01/01/2013)

Theirs are voices not often heard, but which illumine an important period of Alaska's development with color and verve. A collection compiled with intelligence, and well worth trekking into for all those intrigued by our still-enigmatic uppermost corner.

-- (01/01/2013)

Each excerpt is supported by notes about the writer's background that - along with historical photographs - complement these accounts of the lives of early Alaska visitors.

-- (01/01/2013)