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Children's Books

Lucy's Dance

Vanasse Deb

ISBN: PB: 9781602231269, ISBN: HB: 9781602231276, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
29 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 18 colour illus.

A charming children's book about the return of traditional dancing to one Yup'ik village, "Lucy's Dance" tells the story of a little girl who is determined to help her grandfather demonstrate for the people of the town the beauty and complexity of ol...

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Anthropology

Caribou Herds of Northwest Alaska, 1850-2000

Burch Ernest S. Jr.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231795, ISBN: HB: 9781602231788, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
216 pp., 25x17.8 cm, 20 maps

In his final, major publication Ernest S".Tiger" Burch Jr. reconstructs the distribution of caribou herds in northwest Alaska using data and information from research conducted over the past several decades as well as sources that predate western sci...

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Biography & Memoires

History of Art

Ted Lambert The Man Behind the Paintings

Lambert Ted

ISBN: PB: 9781602231658, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
176 pp., 23x15 cm, 10 colour illus.

Ted Lambert is regarded as one of the premier Alaska artists, a true pioneer. Born in 1905, and raised in the Chicago area, Lambert moved to Alaska in 1925 and went to work as a miner near McCarthy. He held several jobs, predominantly working at a co...

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Anthropology

Treadwell Gold An Alaska Saga of Riches and Ruin

Kelly Sheila

ISBN: PB: 9781602231184, ISBN: HB: 9781602230750, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
271 pp., 25.1x17.8 cm, 80 halftones

A century ago, Treadwell, Alaska, was a featured stop on steamship cruises, a rich, up-to-date town that was the most prominent and proud in all Alaska. Its wealth, however, was founded on the remarkably productive gold mines on Douglas Island, and w...

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Children's Books

Kayak Girl

Devine Monica

ISBN: PB: 9781602231887, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, March 2013
32 pp., 25.5x21.6 cm

In "Kayak Girl" a young child learns to cope with serious loss by focusing on something larger than herself. After Jana's mother dies, she becomes withdrawn. Her grandfather, a carver, pays the girl a visit and finds her unresponsive to his care. He...

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Fiction

Oil and Water A Novel

Evans Mei Mei

ISBN: PB: 9781602232006, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2013
260 pp., 23x15 cm

What happens when the American dream collides head-on with a nation's dependence on fossil fuels? "Oil and Water", a novel by Mei Mei Evans, focuses on precisely this question. Starting with a star-crossed supertanker, a wayward fishing boat, and a w...

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Biography & Memoires

Gaining Daylight Life on Two Islands

Loewen Sara

ISBN: PB: 9781602231986, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2013
140 pp., 23x15 cm, 1 map, 20 halftones

For many the idea of living off the land is a romantic notion left to stories of olden days or wistful dreams at the office. But for Sara Loewen it becomes her way of life each summer as her family settles into their remote cabin on Uyak Bay for the...

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America

Fur Farms of Alaska Two Centuries of History and a Forgotten Stampede

Crawford Isto Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781602231719, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, December 2012
230 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 maps, 50 halftones

After its rudimentary beginning in 1749, fur farming in Alaska rose and fell for two centuries. It thrived during the 1890s and again in the 1920s, when rising fur prices caused a stampede for land and breed stock and led to hundreds of farms being s...

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Law

Alaska Natives and American Laws Third Edition

Case David S., Voluck David A.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231757, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2012
600 pp., 23x15 cm

Now in its third edition, "Alaska Natives and American Laws" is still the only work of its kind, canvassing federal law and its history as applied to the indigenous peoples of Alaska. Covering 1867 through 2011, the authors offer lucid explanations o...

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Poetry

Ice Floe III

Gramse Shannon, Kirk Sarah

ISBN: PB: 9781602231917, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, November 2012
80 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

The third volume of the revived "Ice Floe" series, "Ice Floe III" features new and exciting works of poetry by authors from Alaska, Canada, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. All work is presented in both its original la...

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