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  • CITY FOR EMPIRE
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    CITY FOR EMPIRE
    PRESTON JONES
    The story of the early years of Alaska’s largest city, its surprisingly diverse people, and its role in twentieth-century American history.   First settled in 1915, Anchorage, in what was then known as the Territory of Alaska, was founded with the American empire in mind. During World War I, it served as a conduit through which coal could be shipped to the Pacific, where the US...

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  • THE CITY BENEATH THE SNOW
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    THE CITY BENEATH THE SNOW
    MARJORIE KOWALSKI COLE
    Bellwether Prize-winner Cole pays homage to the strength and beauty of the people and landscape of her adopted home, Alaska.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) The final collection of stories by award-winning writer Marjorie Kowalski Cole, The City Beneath the Snow is a portrait of contemporary Alaskans, their interactions, and their foibles. These stories reveal the moral de...

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  • BEFORE THE STORM
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    BEFORE THE STORM
    FREDERICKA MARTIN
    An account of the struggles and oppression of the Pribilof Aleuts of Alaska written by a woman who became their passionate advocate. From June of 1941 through the following summer, Fredericka Martin lived with her husband, Dr. Samuel Berenberg, on remote St. Paul Island in Alaska. During that time, Martin delved into the complex history of the Unangan people, and Before the Sto...

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  • MORE THAN GOD DEMANDS
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    MORE THAN GOD DEMANDS
    ANTHONY URVINA / SALLY URVINA
    A vivid, “thoughtful” account of the territorial government’s campaign to convert Alaska Natives and suppress their culture (Alaska History).   Near the turn of the twentieth century, the territorial government of Alaska put its support behind a project led by Christian missionaries to convert Alaska Native peoples—and, along the way, bring them into “civilized” American citize...

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  • ACROSS THE SHAMAN'S RIVER
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    ACROSS THE SHAMAN'S RIVER
    DANIEL LEE HENRY
    The story of one of Alaska’s last Indigenous strongholds, shut off for a century until a fateful encounter between a shaman, a preacher, and a naturalist. Tucked in the corner of Southeast Alaska, the Tlingits had successfully warded off the Anglo influences that had swept into other corners of the territory. This Native American tribe was viewed by European and American outsid...

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  • THE FIRES OF PATRIOTISM
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    THE FIRES OF PATRIOTISM
    PRESTON JONES
    The little-known history of Alaska’s participation in World War I—long before it became a state—includes photos.   In the early twentieth century, Alaska was facing an exciting future as the newest US territory. Yet just five years after its official designation, the country entered World War I and citizens were called to fight. Despite the threat of a looming economic collapse...

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