A Republic of rivers : three centuries of nature writing from Alaska and the Yukon
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- ISBN: 9780195061024 (alk. paper) :
- ISBN: 0195061020 (alk. paper) :
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Physical Description:
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xv, 325 p. : ill ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 1990.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The sea cow / Georg Wilhelm Steller -- The Bering Straits / James Cook -- Observations on Unalashka / Carl Heinrich Merck -- Prince William Sound / George Vancouver -- Arrival at the Arctic Coast / Alexander Mackenzie -- St. Lawrence Island / Otto Von Kotzebue -- The Bering Straits / Adelbert Von Chamisso -- The Pribilof Islands / Frederick Litke -- Notes on the Copper River / Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangell -- Notes on the islands of the Unalashka District / Ivan Venianimov -- Nulato : a settlement on the Yukon / L.A. Zagoskin -- Letter to Sir John Richardson / Alexander Hunter Murray -- The rapids of the Yukon / William Henry Dall -- The Pribilof Islands / Elizabeth Beaman -- The Alexander Archipelago / John Muir -- On crossing the Alaska Range / Henry T. Allen -- The Grand Canon of the Yukon / Frederick Schwatka. |
Citation/References Note: | Booklist |
Target Audience Note: | Young Adult |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation ; William C. Wonders ; 2008/01. |
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Subject: | Natural history -- Alaska Natural history -- Alaska Natural history -- Alaska Natural history -- Yukon Natural history -- Yukon Territory Natural history -- Yukon Territory |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Terrace Public Library | 508.798 Rep (Text) | 35151000550137 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |