Alaska Ports and Passages: A Backgrounder, Volume One: Perils and Promise

By Jim Prevost
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Published: March 16, 2011
Words: 57,359 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780983103905

Short description

Perils and Promise is the story of Alaska in chapters that take locales and communities from prehistory to present, and events from cause and effect to long-lasting influence. It is history written with a style balanced between story and fact, and it is current information presented without tourist hype...well, maybe with a few moose feathers...to help the visitor enjoy a true trip of a lifetime.

Extended description

In the first chapter, one of the great "perils" facing early travelers is brought forth in an account of the 1918 sinking of the steamship Princess Sophia and the loss of 353 souls. It is an account of the terror, frustration and long-lasting effects of the greatest maritime disaster in Alaska history.
Most readers are aware of the great Klondike Gold Rush. Most don’t know, however, that Gold Fever in Alaska was a century-long epidemic that began long before Klondike and lasted long after.
Chapter Two features the "promise" of riches awaiting those who took part in several quests northward.
"Perils and Promise" is the story of Alaska in chapters that take an area or region from prehistory to present; an event from cause to effect; an era from its beginnings to its long-lasting influence.
Included is the story of reckless acts that caused untold death and destruction in Prince William Sound, and of the thousands of people who waited 20 years to be compensated – only to receive a .. (Read more) In the first chapter, one of the great "perils" facing early travelers is brought forth in an account of the 1918 sinking of the steamship Princess Sophia and the loss of 353 souls. It is an account of the terror, frustration and long-lasting effects of the greatest maritime disaster in Alaska history.
Most readers are aware of the great Klondike Gold Rush. Most don’t know, however, that Gold Fever in Alaska was a century-long epidemic that began long before Klondike and lasted long after.
Chapter Two features the "promise" of riches awaiting those who took part in several quests northward.
"Perils and Promise" is the story of Alaska in chapters that take an area or region from prehistory to present; an event from cause to effect; an era from its beginnings to its long-lasting influence.
Included is the story of reckless acts that caused untold death and destruction in Prince William Sound, and of the thousands of people who waited 20 years to be compensated – only to receive a pittance.
Two hundred upper-Midwest farm families attempted to escape the abject poverty of the Great Depression, only to be thrust into a hardscrabble farm colony. Those who stayed overcame long odds to grow into one of the most vibrant communities in the Last Frontier.
Another chapter features the attack on Alaska that changed the course of the Second World War in the Pacific.
Readers will enjoy the story of an old Laplander’s influence on the life of a boy growing up in a small Southeast Alaska village.
Included in this first volume are several local looks at the horrific effects of the most powerful earthquake to ever occur in the Northern Hemisphere.
Alaska has been peopled for a longer period than any other part of North America, yet it has remained “Frontier” in the minds of most who reside in the lower, “More civilized” latitudes of the United States. "Perils and Promise" is the story of Alaska in chapters that take locales and communities from prehistory to present, and events from cause and effect to long-lasting influence. It is history written with a style balanced between story and fact, and it is current information presented without tourist hype...well, maybe with a few moose feathers...to help the visitor make his stay in the Great Land truly the trip of a lifetime.
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gold rush, explorations, shipwrecks, alaska and the yukon, alaska history, captain cook, alaskan tourism, russian america

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