Alaska
(Book - Regular Print)

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Published
New York : Random House, [1988].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 868 pages : 2 color maps ; 25 cm
Status
Chino Valley High School - FIC - Fiction Books
MICHENER, JAMES
1 available
Cottonwood Public Library - FIC - Fiction Books
MICHENER, J. JAM # 19
1 available
Paulden Public Library - FIC - Fiction Books
MICHENER, JAMES
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Published
New York : Random House, [1988].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

Notes

General Note
The maps are on lining papers.
Description
The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional. Another told-from-the-beginning-of-time Michener saga, this one featuring Alaska. The book begins a billion years ago. Its first characters are the mastadon and the woolly mammoth, followed by such other settlers as the Eskimos, Athapaskans, and Russians. Vignettes of characters as varied as the Danish navigator Vitus Bering, who explored Alaska for Russia's Peter the Great, and Kendra Scott, the young Colorado teacher who taught the Eskimo children during the recent Prudhoe Bay oil boom, illustrate the colorful history of this vast and exploited land. Early on the book is vintage Michener, but the momentum encounters an Arctic chill midway. Final sections are trite, uneven, and overloaded with stereotypes. Too cumbersome to be called fiction, but Michener fans will demand it anyway.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Michener, J. A. 1. (1988). Alaska (First edition.). Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michener, James A. 1907-1997. 1988. Alaska. Random House.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michener, James A. 1907-1997. Alaska Random House, 1988.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Michener, James A. 1907-1997. Alaska First edition., Random House, 1988.

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