WALTER R. BORNEMAN

ALASKA

Saga of a Bold Land

HarperCollins, 2003, 608 pages

   Now available in:

Trade Paperback (1/20/2004)

E-book formats

From Russian traders to the Gold Rush, extraordinary railroads, World War II, the oil boom, and the fight over ANWR, this is

the most complete history of Alaska.

FROM THE DUST JACKET:

"This is narrative history told in superlatives.” —  David Lavender

“…just plain terrific.” — Bradford Washburn

The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches—and new people with competing views over how the resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of "Gold!"; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in a world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.

While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows there are no easy answers and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier.

FROM THE DUST JACKET:

HEAR FROM WALT:

Why I Wrote the Book