Alaska

by James A. Michener

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Editions of Alaska

ISBN 9780449217269	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Crest	Date 1994	Price $1.00	Used - Good
ISBN 9780613999458	Binding/Format Prebinding	Publisher Bt Bound	Date 1989	Price $29.96	Good
ISBN 9780394570785	Binding/Format Audio Cassette	Publisher Random House	Date 1988	Price $4.19	Used - Good
ISBN 9780394551548	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1988	Price $1.00	Used - Good
ISBN 9780394569819	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 1988	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780375761423	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Random House Inc	Date 2002	Price $9.53	NEW

Publisher Notes

In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us across Alaska’s fierce terrain, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling technological present, as his characters struggle for survival. The exciting high points of Alaska’s story, from its brutal prehistory, through the nineteenth century and the American acquisition, to its modern status as America’s thriving forty-ninth state, are brought vividly to life in this remarkable novel: the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the discovery of oil and its social and economic consequences; the difficult construction of the Alcan Highway, which made possible the defense of the territory in World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community struggling to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic history of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.

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