The Resource Alaska, James A. Michener
Alaska, James A. Michener
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The item Alaska, James A. Michener represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Normal Public Library.
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- Summary
- The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional. Another told-from-the-beginning-of-time Michener saga, this one featuring Alaska. The book begins a billion years ago. Its first characters are the mastadon and the woolly mammoth, followed by such other settlers as the Eskimos, Athapaskans, and Russians. Vignettes of characters as varied as the Danish navigator Vitus Bering, who explored Alaska for Russia's Peter the Great, and Kendra Scott, the young Colorado teacher who taught the Eskimo children during the recent Prudhoe Bay oil boom, illustrate the colorful history of this vast and exploited land. Early on the book is vintage Michener, but the momentum encounters an Arctic chill midway. Final sections are trite, uneven, and overloaded with stereotypes. Too cumbersome to be called fiction, but Michener fans will demand it anyway
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- [2], x, [2], 868 pages
- Note
-
- The maps are on lining papers
- "Of the first edition ... one thousand copies have been specially bound. These books are signed by the author and numbered 1 to 1000"--Prelimimary p. [1]
- LC copy, deposited for copyright, is specially bound, but unsigned, unnumbered.
- Isbn
- 9781582881409
- Label
- Alaska
- Title
- Alaska
- Statement of responsibility
- James A. Michener
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional. Another told-from-the-beginning-of-time Michener saga, this one featuring Alaska. The book begins a billion years ago. Its first characters are the mastadon and the woolly mammoth, followed by such other settlers as the Eskimos, Athapaskans, and Russians. Vignettes of characters as varied as the Danish navigator Vitus Bering, who explored Alaska for Russia's Peter the Great, and Kendra Scott, the young Colorado teacher who taught the Eskimo children during the recent Prudhoe Bay oil boom, illustrate the colorful history of this vast and exploited land. Early on the book is vintage Michener, but the momentum encounters an Arctic chill midway. Final sections are trite, uneven, and overloaded with stereotypes. Too cumbersome to be called fiction, but Michener fans will demand it anyway
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1907-1997
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Michener, James A.
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3525.I19
- LC item number
- A79 1988
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Alaska
- Alaska
- Alaska
- Label
- Alaska, James A. Michener
- Note
-
- The maps are on lining papers
- "Of the first edition ... one thousand copies have been specially bound. These books are signed by the author and numbered 1 to 1000"--Prelimimary p. [1]
- LC copy, deposited for copyright, is specially bound, but unsigned, unnumbered.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm17441704
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- [2], x, [2], 868 pages
- Isbn
- 9781582881409
- Lccn
- 87043232
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- 2 color maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)17441704
- Label
- Alaska, James A. Michener
- Note
-
- The maps are on lining papers
- "Of the first edition ... one thousand copies have been specially bound. These books are signed by the author and numbered 1 to 1000"--Prelimimary p. [1]
- LC copy, deposited for copyright, is specially bound, but unsigned, unnumbered.
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm17441704
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- [2], x, [2], 868 pages
- Isbn
- 9781582881409
- Lccn
- 87043232
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- 2 color maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)17441704
Subject
- Alaska
- Alaska
- Alaska -- History -- Fiction
- Alaska | History | Fiction
- Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance).
- Bookplates (Provenance) -- Michael Jerome Quigley.
- Fiction
- Geschichte
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
Genre
- Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance).
- Bookplates (Provenance)
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
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