Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Three Third Edition: Bringing Alaska's history alive! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781940479248)

A must read for anyone interested in Alaska's territorial history from 1912-1935Filled 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

Author: Phyllis Downing Bill, Laurel Downing Bill
ISBN-10: 194047924X
ISBN-13: 9781940479248
Publisher: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2018
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.72d