The View from the Future, 2017 Fifty Years After the Alaska Purchase Centennial

Debra McKinney

Nick Jans

Dermot Cole

George Bryson

Kathleen McCoy

Nancy Lord

State of Alaska, Department of Education and Early Development, Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums

<p>In the 1970s, the world's largest construction companies invaded Alaska in a wild rush to build the 800-mile $8 billion trans-Alaska pipeline. Workers by the tens of thousands headed north, hoping to make their fortunes working on the pipeline, in a stampede that dramatically affected Alaska. With the avalanche of big money and new arrivals came new problems: drugs, prostitution, gambling, and violent crime. Rapid economic and social changes ultimately touched the lives of virtually every Alaskan. Journalist Dermot Cole, dean of the Alaska press corps, recalls the best of the pipeline stories with humor, authenticity, and drama.</p>

Amazing Pipeline Stories: How Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life in America's Last Frontier

History

Americas

Epicenter Press, Incorporated

<p>Fifty years ago in January 1959, Alaska became the 49th state in the union (Hawaii came later) and a new star was added to the American flag. Alaskans were flush with optimism as they embarked on an exciting experiment in self-government. Alaskans felt they could learn from the mistakes of the older states and create a government that would be a model for the future. Journalist and historian Dermot Cole offers a fresh, absorbing account of the high and low points of a half century of statehood, and the challenges faced by a new generation of leaders who have stepped forward to lead Alaska.</p>

North to the Future

Epicenter Press

Historic Fairbanks

Historical Publishing Network

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