In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. Men and women―including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese―all rushed north. Many of these adventurers died in the harsh Arctic winters or drowned in the leaky, rotting ships that ferried them to the gold fields. The Gold Rush created the geography of modern Alaska and brought its rich natural resources and large Native population under the eye of the American government. This book, says Levi, is not intended to be an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush. Rather, it is meant to provide a myriad of glimpses into the lives of people and events of the age. This is a book of popular history. If you find it interesting, don't thank the writer; credit the 100,000 men and women who rushed north in search of the precious yellow metal a century ago.
Far to the north of the 48 contiguous states, writes Steven C. Levi, is a land shrouded with the miasma of adventure. It is a land of glaciers the size of some states and fish the size of some cities. Its history is steeped in intrigue, scoundrels abound, and things that could never occur anywhere else on earth happened here. It has everything one has come to expect of an exotic port-and more. This land is Alaska.
The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. It promised untold riches to anyone who could get there, and created a last-ditch, wild-west culture of greed and sin―a perfect haven for dreamers and scoundrels alike. Men and women―including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese―all rushed north. Many of these adventurers died in the harsh Arctic winters or drowned in the leaky, rotting ships that ferried the dreamers to the gold fields.
The Gold Rush created the geography of modern Alaska. Strikes in Nome (where the gold lay on the beach and anyone could reach down and pick it up), Juneau, Fairbanks, Valdez, and Kotzebue helped put Alaska on the map and brought its rich natural resources and large Native population under the eye of the American government.
In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. E. T. Barnette, for example, founded his own city (Fairbanks), established his own bank (Washington Alaska), and then absconded with every dime in the vault. George Hinton Henry, the father of Alaska journalism, was run out of every town where he tried to establish a newspaper.
This book, says Levi, is not intended to be an overview of the Alaska Gold Rush. Rather, it is meant to provide a myriad of glimpses into the lives of people and events of the age. This is a book of popular history. If you find it interesting, don't thank the writer; credit the 100,000 men and women who rushed north in search of the precious yellow metal a century ago.

Boom and Bust in the Alaska Goldfields: A Multicultural Adventure

History

Levi, Steven C.

Americas

Praeger

Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots

Explores the seventy-year history of aviation in the rugged terrain of Alaska, where bush pilots transported supplies, personnel, mail, wildlife, and criminals

Children's Books

Walker Co

Profiling the brave bush pilots of the rugged Alaskan terrain, an introduction to the adventurous side of the area's aviation notes the pilot's roles in emergency transport, law enforcement, mail delivery, and animal rescue.

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Book by Levi, Steven C., O'Meara, Jim

Bush Flying (Practical Flying Series)

Engineering & Transportation

O'Meara, Jim

Transportation

Tab Books

Examines the growing economic importance of Japan, South Korea, and Hong Kong

The Pacific Rim Region: Emerging Giant

Phillips, Douglas A.

Teen & Young Adult

Enslow Pub Inc

Making It!

HP Trade

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

North Carolina 1983 1st McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-058-7. Hardcover. Octavo, 154p., blue cloth. Fine, no DJ

Committee of Vigilance: The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Law and Order Committee, 1916-1919: A Case Study in Official Hysteria

McFarland Company

The Alaska Traveler: Year 'Round Vacation Adventures for Everyone

Travel

Mills & Sanderson Pub

"Men like me are looking to take your money. We don't care about you. If you don't care about us, I can guarantee that one day we will take everything you have." Dave Gray (Alabama Fats) Alabama Fats is a real person. For more than half a century his job was to con people on the streets of America out of their money - and he was VERY good at it. Every line in this book is true. That was the way he wanted it. He wanted to make sure his children knew exactly what he had done all those years when he was 'on the road' and away from Cleveland. This book is an unrepentant look at the life of a con man. He is not sorry for a single person he conned. If his knees were better and Cleveland warmer he would be on the streets now, looking to take YOUR money. If there is any one lesson that can be learned from this book it is that no one's money is safe. Alabama Fats is retired but there is no shortage of con men. They are everywhere and they are always looking for ways to con people out of their hard earned money. If you think you cannot be conned, then you are exactly the kind of person who should be reading this book.

Telling It All: My Life As a Con Man

Biographies & Memoirs

GRAY, DAVE

True Crime

Community Pr

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