Aunt Phil's Trunk [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910156172803321
• Autore: Downing Bill Laurel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cork, : BookBaby, 2013
• ISBN: 1-940479-96-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.8
• Soggetti: Alaska History Anecdotes; Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Aunt Phil's Trunk: Volume One; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Early Alaska; Chapter 1 Unanswered Questions; Chapter 2 Coping With The Unknown; Chapter 3 Explorers Ply Alaska Waters; Chapter 4 While The United States Was Forming; Alaska's Changing Landscape; Chapter 5 Island Of Mystery; Chapter 6 Earthquakes Form Landscape; Little-Known Stories; Chapter 7 Natives Attack Russian Forts; Chapter 8 Woody Island's Icy Past; Chapter 9 Last Shot Of The Civil War; Alaska Becomes U.S. Possession; Chapter 10 Seward's Folly Turns Into Treasure; Chapter 11 Myth Surrounds Alaska PurchaseChapter 12 Americans Flock North; Chapter 13 Apostle To The North; Chapter 14 Alaska's Mysterious First Census-Taker; Alaska's First Gold Rush; Chapter 15 Gold Found In Southeast; Chapter 16 Exploring The Nile Of Alaska; Chapter 17 Old John Bremner; Chapter 18 Rich Names Along The Koyukuk; Dreams of Gold; Chapter 19 Alaska's Second Gold Rush; Chapter 20 Dreams Of Salmon Turn To Gold; Chapter 21 Luckiest Man On The Klondike; Rush to the Klondike; Chapter 22 Dawson Is Born; Chapter 23 St. Michael Awakens; Chapter 24 Trails To Gold; Chapter 25 Gold Rush Trails Photo EssayChapter 26 Jack Dalton Builds Toll Road; Sea Captains, Scoundrels and Nuns; Chapter 27 Sea Captain Stifles Mutiny; Chapter 28 Soapy Smith Heads To Skagway; Chapter 29 Miners Stampede To Nome; Chapter 30 Sisters Of Providence Head To Nome; Gold Rush Impacts Natives; Chapter 31 Natives And The Rush For gold; Chapter 32 Richest Native Woman In The North; About the ; Authors; Bibliograpy; Preview other Volumes Aunt Phil's Trunk; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Two; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Four; Preview Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume FiveMore Books Available; Copyright
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