In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II.
A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world,
Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.
Praise for Alaska “Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . .
Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”
—Boston Herald “Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”
—The New York Times
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
1152 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Random House USA Inc |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2002-11-12 |
| ISBN |
9780375761423 |
