Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive!
Language: English
Published by Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC, 2018
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Trains, planes and automobiles arrive in Alaska!Transportation options forever change the lives of Alaskans throughout the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three.Hardy souls with hammers and drills, axes and mattocks, mauls and gauges found it took muscle and endurance to lay railroad tracks in Alaska's untamed wilderness. Other adventurers brought automobiles and airplanes north that transformed the way we mined resources, explored the country and traveled the Great Land.From the birth of Anchorage in 1915, to Balto's famous serum run to Nome in 1926, to the fatal plane crash of aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers near Barrow in 1935, this volume is sure to keep readers ages 9 to 99 turning the pages of the nonfiction short stories and enjoying the more than 300 historical photographs in this book.
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- Title
- Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive!
- Author
- Phyllis Downing Bill
- Publisher
- Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 194047924X
- ISBN 13
- 9781940479248
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
A must read for anyone interested in Alaska's territorial history from 1912-1935
Filled with entertaining nonfiction short Alaskan stories and hundreds of historical photos-Volume three shares Alaska's history from 1912 to 1935. -This Alaska history book is a delightful journey through Alaska's growing pains as a US territory.Trains, planes and automobiles arrive and forever change the lives of Alaskans- Hardy souls came to Alaska with hammers and drills, axes and mattocks, mauls and gauges- They found it took muscle and endurance to lay railroad tracks in Alaska’s untamed wilderness. - Other adventurers brought automobiles and airplanes north to Alaska- Transforming the way Alaska mined resources, explored the country, and traveled the Great Land. Did you know? - The Alaska Railroad spurred the birth of Anchorage Alaska's largest town in 1915? - Mushers and dog teams risked death to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925? - Famous aviator Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed their plane and died near Barrow in 1935? Dozens more little-known Alaskan stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume ThreeThis volume is sure to keep readers ages 9-99 turning pages to see what happens next!New Third Edition with Index!"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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