Alaska : Indians, Eskimos, Russians, and the rest
Title:
Alaska : Indians, Eskimos, Russians, and the rest
JLCTITLE245:
Cora Cheney ; illustrated with photos. and maps.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Dodd, Mead, ©1980.
Physical Description:
143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780396077923
General Note:
Includes index.
Abstract:
A history of Alaska from the arrival of its native peoples to the building of the oil pipeline in the 1970's, with special emphasis on its Russian period.
Contents:
1. Alaska's first people -- 2. Some ancient poetic beliefs -- 3. Russians "discover" Alaska -- 4. Another discovery of America, Vitus Bering's first voyage -- 5. The boy who went with Bering: a true adventure of Russian and Alaska -- 6. The Russians arrive: a woman, furs, and a colony -- 7. The amazing Alexander Baranov, a Russian-American folk hero -- 8. The story of Alaska's first shipbuilding -- 9. The marriage of an Indian princess -- 10. the end of the Baranov era -- 11. Some people and things to remember about Russian America, including a special Christmas tree -- 12. The Natives fight back -- 13. Rebel yells in the Bering Sea -- 14. The telegraph tale -- 15. Alaska under the Americans: should polar bears vote? -- 16. From glaciers to gold, and the story of a brave dog -- 17. Men with picks and packs -- 18. A judge, a myth, and a mountain -- 19. Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -- 20. Highways, wings, and war -- 21. It isn't easy to become a state -- 22. Pipelines and politics.