Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three, 1912-1935: Bringing Alaska's history alive! - Couverture souple

Bill, Laurel Downing

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1940479002 ISBN 13 : 9781940479002

Editeur : Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2014

Synopsis

This third book in the Aunt Phil's Trunk Alaska history series is filled with entertaining short stories and hundreds of historical photographs covering the Last Frontier's past from 1912 to 1935. Did you know: • The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Alaska's largest town in 1915? • Mushers and dogs risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome 1925? • Aviator Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow 1935? From the early days of the Alaska Railroad to one of the the largest volcanic eruptions of the 20th Century, the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three is sure to keep readers from ages 9 to 99 spellbound.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Laurel Downing Bill, a third-generation Alaskan, earned a degree in journalism (minor in history) from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2003. She has been researching and writing about Alaska's history ever since she inherited her Aunt Phyllis Downing Carlson's notes, stories and research into the 49th state's incredible past. The Aunt Phil's Trunk series, of which there are five volumes now, earned the 2016 Literary Classics International award for Best Nonfiction Series and Best Historical Nonfiction. Downing Bill lives in Anchorage and continues to research and write articles about Alaska for various magazines and newspapers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1940479002
• ISBN 13: 9781940479002
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible