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Highliners (00 Edition) by William B. Mcc Publisher Comments A college student's initiation into the world of "highliners," the elite crews of Alaskan fishing fleets and the perils they face in the frigid waters of the North.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Quiet World: Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960 by Douglas Brinkley Publisher Comments A riveting history of America's most beautiful natural resources, The Quiet World documents the heroic fight waged by the U.S. federal government from 1879 to 1960 to save wild Alaska — Mount McKinley, the Tongass and Chugach national forests... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Arctic Dance Mardy Murie Story by Charles Craighead Synopsis From her first glimpse of Alaska as a young girl, Margaret "Mardy" Murie has a special connection to the Northland. After her Yukon wedding to naturalist Olaus Murie, Mardy joined her husband for years of wilderness adventure, becoming his partner in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese P.O.W. by Mary Breu Publisher Comments Etta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was an American school teacher who in 1941 who along with her husband, Foster agreed to teach the Natives on the remote Aleutian island of Attu. They were both sixty-two... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Accidental Explorer by Sherry Simpson Publisher Comments Alaska is a place of great adventure and exploration. After having lived in the Great Land for nearly all of her life, Sherry Simpson realized that she had not scaled mountains, trekked across wild tundra, or blazed trails through virgin forests. Did... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Skagway Story: A History of Alaska's Most Famous Gold-Rush Town and Some of the People Who Made That History by Howard Clifford Publisher Comments Skagways' past as a rip-roaring gold rush town is captured in The Skagway Story. This intriguing little book is just like a scrapbook, filled with photographs from dusty trunks in attics, recollections from pioneers who were there, and memorabilia of... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska by Hank Lentfer Publisher Comments Faith of Cranes weaves together three parallel narratives: the plight and beauty of sandhill cranes, one man's effort to recover hope amid destructive climate change, and the birth of a daughter. Hank Lentfer listened to cranes passing over his home in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alaska: Images of the Country by John Mcphee Publisher Comments This compelling portrait of modern Alaska pairs excerpts from John McPhee's classic, Coming Into the Country, with the incomparable images of wilderness photojournalist Galen Rowell. Chosen from more than 10,000 images taken by Rowell on nine separate... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Shopping for Porcupine: A Life in Arctic Alaska by Seth Kantner Synopsis His story begins with the arrival of his father, Howard Kantner, to the remote Arctic of the 1950s and ends with him as a grown man settled in the same landscape. Through a series of moving essays and vivid photographs, ranging in subject from family... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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City for Empire: An Anchorage History, 1914-1941 by Preston Jones Publisher Comments First settled in 1915, Anchorage, Alaska, was founded with the American empire in mind. During World War I, it served as a conduit through which coal could be shipped to the Pacific, where the US Navy was engaged with Japan. Decades later, during World... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of the Last Frontier and the Yukon Gold Rush by Howard Blum Staff Pick Not to be missed by fans of history, Blum's tale of the Klondike Gold Rush reads like the best fiction. A lively narrative populated with a colorful cast of characters, the allure of Alaska and her gold comes across as a wild adventure story that offers... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fearless Men & Fabulous Women: A Reporter's Memoir from Alaska and the Yukon by Stanton H Patty Publisher Comments In a memoir overflowing with humor, excitement, and a sense of "being there" for major events, reporter Stanton H. Patty reflects on a fifty-year career covering heroic, larger-than-life characters and the roles they played in the history of Alaska and... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins Publisher Comments More than twenty years ago, a disillusioned college graduate named Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to look for himself and his nation. His memoir of what he found, A Walk Across America, captured the hearts of millions of Americans. Now, Peter... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Danger Stalks the Land: Alaskan Tales of Death and Survival by Larry Kaniut Publisher Comments Alaska is like no other state and few countries; men experience greater risk in her arms. This one-of-a-kind anthology captures the spine tingling adventures of daring men and women who venture into Alaska's vast wilderness and look death in the eye... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Coldman Cometh: A Family's Adventure in the Alaska Bush by Robert A Durr Publisher Comments Bob Durr's first book about his adventures in Alaska was published in 1999 (Down in Bristol Bay: High Tides, Hangovers, and Harrowing Experiences on Alaska's Last Frontier). In a sense, that book was prelude to this, because while it touched upon his... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Land of the Radioactive Midnight Sun: A Cheechako's First Year in Alaska by Sean Michael Flynn Publisher Comments "In New York City, a Cheechako (chee CHA-ko) would be the kid who just fell off the turnip truck. No street smarts. A pink windbreaker. A subway map sticking from his back pocket...In Alaska, a Cheechako is even easier to spot. He's the guy with his... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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North to the Future by Dermot Cole Publisher Comments Alaska became a state in 1959 after nearly a century of federal rule and domination by powerful mining, timber, and canned-salmon interests. At last the people of Alaska would direct their own destiny. But would they? In its first fifty years, Alaska's... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Alaska Almanac Facts About Alaska 29TH Edition by Nancy Gates Synopsis With facts and figures on geography, history, economy, cultures, and peoples of the Last Frontier, the 29th edition is packed with all-about-Alaska information for people who dream of visiting Alaska, as well as long-lasting sourdoughs.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs: A True Story of Bad Breaks and Small Miracles by Heather Lende Publisher Comments The Alaskan landscape-so vast, dramatic, and unbelievable-may be the reason the people in Haines, Alaska (population 2,400), so often discuss the meaning of life. Heather Lende thinks it helps make life mean more. Since her bestselling first book, If You... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $13.27 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Last New Land: Stories of Alaska, Past and Present by Wayne Mergler Review .".". provides an exciting and comprehensive overview of the state and the scope and diversity of its literature."... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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