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Alaska: A Novel
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Lieferstatus: |
Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt) |
Veröffentlichung: |
November 2002
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Genre: |
Schulbücher |
ISBN: |
9780375761423 |
EAN-Code:
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9780375761423 |
Verlag: |
Random House N.Y. |
Einband: |
Kartoniert |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 208 mm / B 141 mm / D 45 mm |
Gewicht: |
743 gr |
Seiten: |
1152 |
Zus. Info: |
GRY SLV WHI |
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In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska's fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska's story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people. Praise for Alaska "Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life."-Los Angeles Times Book Review "Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters."-Boston Herald "Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing's fastest attention grabber."-The New York Times |
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