On time delivery [[electronic resource] ] : the dog team mail carriers / / William S. Schneider

• Autore: Schneider William S. <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Disciplina: 383/.143
• Soggetto topico: Dogsled mail - Alaska - History; Letter carriers - Alaska; Mushers - Alaska; Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska; Community life - Alaska - History
• Soggetto geografico: Alaska Biography; Alaska History, Local; Alaska Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biographies.; Local history; History; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction; 1. Origin of the Mail Trails; 2. Evolution of the Mail Trail System; 3. Life on the Trail; 4. "Nenana Was the Hub"; 5. Circle and Beyond; 6. The Aviators; 7. Homeland of the Old-Timers; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and widespread adoption of aviation, many of the trails were abandoned, and a generation of rural Alaskans has now grown up with few ties to the overland trail system that supported their grandparents and inspired modern traditions such as the world-famous Iditarod Race. In addition to chronicling the history of this unique postal service, On Tim.
• Titolo autorizzato: On time delivery
• ISBN: 1-60223-168-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824613303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II