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Seward's Folly A New Look at the Alaska Purchase
ISBN: PB: 9781602233034, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2017
220 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 halftones, 2 maps
The Alaska Purchase – denounced at the time as "Seward's Folly" but now seen as a masterstroke – is well known in American history. But few know the rest of the story. This book aims to correct that. Lee Farrow offers here a detailed account of just...
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£19,50
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Echo of Ice Letting Go
ISBN: PB: 9781602233119, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2017
112 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
Rooted in the harsh, yet beautiful landscape of Alaska, this collection of poems is at once comforting and disquieting, permeated with wisdom, darkness, and resilience. Taken together, the poems form a powerful narrative, as Julie Hungiville LeMay re...
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£11,50
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Human Being Songs Northern Stories
ISBN: PB: 9781602233133, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, February 2017
136 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 line drawing
The public image of Alaska for those who live elsewhere tends to be bound up with the outdoors. But while that's not necessarily false, it's a far from complete picture. This collection of stories shows us what we're missing: set in Alaska's cities a...
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£12,00
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Ciulirnerunak Yuuyaqunak/Do Not Live Without an Elder The Subsistence Way of Life in Southwest Alaska
ISBN: PB: 9781602232976, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, October 2016
400 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 52 halftones, 4 maps
In October of 2010, six men who were serving on the board of the Calista Elders Council (CEC) gathered in Anchorage with CEC staff to spend three days speaking about the subsistence way of life. The men shared stories of their early years growing up...
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£30,00
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Building Fires in the Snow A Collection of Alaska LGBTQ Short Fiction and Poetry
ISBN: PB: 9781602233010, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, September 2016
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
Diversity has always been central to Alaska identity, as the state's population consists of people with many different backgrounds, viewpoints, and life experiences. This book opens a window into these diverse lives, gathering stories and poems about...
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£22,50
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Little Whale A Story of the Last Tlingit War Canoe
ISBN: PB: 9781602232952, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2016
64 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 7 line illus., 1 map
Keet, a ten-year-old Tlingit Indian boy, stows away for a voyage on his father's canoe... and soon finds himself caught in the middle of a wild seastorm. The story carries him far from his home village, and when he makes land, he winds up right in th...
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£12,50
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Alaska's Greatest Outdoor Legends Colorful Characters Who Built the Fishing and Hunting Industries
ISBN: PB: 9781602232990, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2016
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 100 halftones, 1 map
Outdoor tourism is one of Alaska's biggest industries, and the thousands of people who flock to the state's dramatic landscapes and pristine waters to hunt and fish are supported by a large and growing network of guides, lodges, outfitters, and wildl...
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£22,50
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Alaska Politics and Public Policy The Dynamics of Beliefs, Institutions, Personalities, and Power
ISBN: HB: 9781602232891, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, August 2016
750 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 8 maps
Politics in Alaska have changed significantly since the last major book on the subject was published more than twenty years ago, with the rise and fall of Sarah Palin and the rise and fall of oil prices being but two of the many developments to alter...
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£56,50
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Made of Salmon Alaska Stories from the Salmon Project
ISBN: PB: 9781602232839, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2016
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 colour plates
All over the world, salmon populations are in trouble, as overfishing and habitat loss have combined to put the once-great Atlantic and Pacific Northwest runs at serious risk. Alaska, however, stands out as a rare success story: its salmon population...
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£16,50
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Anguyiim Nalliini / Time of Warring The History of Bow-and-Arrow Warfare in Southwest Alaska
ISBN: PB: 9781602232914, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, May 2016
320 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 16 colour plates, 8 maps
This book draws on little-known oral histories from the Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska to detail a period of bow-and-arrow warfare that took place in the region between 1300 and 1800. The result of more than thirty years of research, discussion, a...
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£30,00
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