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Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Books about Alaska" ... This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaska 1741–1953;
The Alaska Quarterly Review is a biannual literary journal founded in 1980 [1] by Ronald Spatz and James Liszka at the University of Alaska Anchorage and continued unaffiliated in 2020. [2] Ronald Spatz serves as editor-in-chief. [2] It was deemed by the Washington Post "Book World" to be "one of
It was first published in 1980. The book is about McGinniss' travels through Alaska for a year. [1] The book became a bestseller. [2] The Los Angeles Times called it a "vivid memoir." [3] McGinniss returned to the subject of Alaska in 2009 to write a biography about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah ...
The Oakland Tribune review also noted Wharton's claim that the Alaska Gold Rushes, as well as the earlier Klondike Gold Rush, were the "end of an era of independent individualism". [ 1 ] In a 1992 review of Wharton's later book, They Don't Speak Russian in Sitka , Jo McMeen of the Huntingdon Daily News described it as much less "stimulating ...
Once logs arrive at the Great Alaskan Bowl Co., they go through a 22-step process of carving, sanding and oiling to become wooden bowls, says cutter and sander Klaus Reeck.
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey is a book, first published in 1973, by Sam Keith, based on the journals and photography of Richard Proenneke who, in 1968, retreated to the wilderness of Twin Lakes in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska to build a home for himself and live alone in the wilderness. Proenneke says he turned his back on ...
The Great Alone spent four weeks at number one on The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list in 2018, [4] and two weeks at number one on the Los Angeles Times hardcover fiction bestsellers list. [5] It was 17th on USA Today's 2018 year-end top 100 best-selling books list. [6] The novel won Best Historical Fiction at the 2018 Goodreads Choice ...
Kirkus Reviews was lukewarm about the novel, describing the characters as puppets and that the historical framework of the book lacked rigor and substance. [9] The Harbus described the book as easily-digestible, compelling, and accessible. [10] The Christian Science Monitor points out that people, rather than events, uniquely shape this ...