The Long View

This is a book about Alaska history¿but not an encyclopedic list of dates, places, and the names of famous people. History is just as often shaped by the average Joe and Jane and the mundane details of everyday life that take on historical importance only years after the fact. In this engaging and thought-provoking book, the author provides a series of snapshots of events¿large and small¿that have shaped Alaska over the past 150 years. Some stories are well known, others told here for the first time, and all come together to bring enigmatic Alaska just a little more in focus.