Alaska Promyshlennik to Sourdough
by Stuart Ramsay Tompkins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-301. Good+. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, 1945. Xiv, 350 pgs. Illustrated with maps, black and white photos. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. History of Alaska, geographically a bridge between East and West, with resources alluring to many. The Promyshlenniki were Russian Siberian contract workers (serfs and townsmen) already engaged in fur trade already at home, and in in Alaska by the 1790's. Along with with sailors, carpenters, and craftsmen they supported Russian trading operations in Alaska. Overtime, many intermarried with native Aleutians and struck down permanent roots. From our end, the gold rush of 1898 lured many who also loved sourdough. Hence the sub-title. Illustrated with maps and photos, the book is an in depth study of Alaska's historical past and its political and social standing with America at large half century ago. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65758
- Title
- Alaska Promyshlennik to Sourdough
- Author
- Stuart Ramsay Tompkins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Place of Publication
- E-301
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Good+
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