Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (502 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060503076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 640 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly The last American frontier, Alaska packs into 615,230 square miles the American saga of explorers and hunters, followed first by miners and soldiers, then homesteaders and tourists making their way into the wilderness. On occasion, Borneman becomes mired in local history, such as the quarrel over the state capital, when he might have instead devoted these pages to the Natives, whom he leaves hovering in the background until they suddenly leap forward as activists in the 1960s. Until it obtained statehood in 1959, however, Alaska remained a colonial possession where the U.S. Though some newspapers derided Lincoln's secretary of state, William Seward, for purchasing the territory as a strategic o
J. Green said Accidentally bought it, but kept it on purpose. Walter R. Borneman tells the interesting social and political history of Alaska, from the Native peoples through the Russian occupation and the sale to the United States down to the present day. The last 100 years or so is covered in greater detail than much of the time prior, but this is still the most comprehensive book about Alaska that I could find. Given the large size of Alaska there is a lot of ground covered in thi. "Well told." according to nto62. Alaska, Saga of a Bold Land, is an archetype for North American regional history. In an entirely commendable fashion, Walter Borneman has provided the captivating details of a frontier state which remarkably remains so into the 21st century. Plotting the economic victories and upheavals, the natural disasters and wonders, Borneman deftly communicates the intimate details rarely found in such a readable history.Borneman's v. An Excellent History of Alaska Alan I read this book shortly after returning from a trip to Alaska and after reading Mitchner's Alaska which it parallels. I found it enjoyable and interesting reading and especially liked how he capsulized the various bits in self contained chapters. Having said that I found some of the chapters on the Russian history a bit of a drag and then some of the later chapters left me looking for more. But if you want a general histo
The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches -- and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.
Walter R. He lives in Colorado.. Borneman is the author of Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land, 1812: The War That Forged a Nation, and several books on the history of the western United States