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Bibliography

Some of our Bibliography entries have links to available online formats, but most do not. Many libraries are regularly increasing their offerings of ebooks in a variety of formats. For books we don't have links available, please visit some of the eLibraries, such as Internet Archives and Project Gutenburg. And, if you find a helpful ebook about Alaska genealogy, please let us know, and we will add it to our Bibliography.

800 Miles to Valdez: Building of the Alaska Pipelineby James P. Roscow
Amazing Pipeline Stories: How Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Transformed Life in America's Last Frontier by Dermot Cole
Connection on the Ice: Environmental Ethics in Theory and PracticeClayton, Patti H. (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), 303 pp., cloth, ISBN1566396158, ISBN1566396166, University Services 083-42, 1601 North Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19122-6099. On Friday, October 7, 1988, Roy Ahmaogak of Barrow, Alaska, discovered three young gray whales trapped in ice off the Arctic coast. The three-week rescue operation that followed cost more than a million dollars and grew to include a host of corporate, governmental, scientific, and individual participants.
Discovery at Prudhoe Bay: Oil: Mountain Men and Seismic Vision Drilled Black Goldby John M. Sweet; published Surrey, B.C.; Blaine, WA: Hancock House Publishers, c2008. Description: 312 p.: ill. (some col.), maps; 22 cm. ISBN: 9780888396303 (pbk.) 0888396309 (pbk.) Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-309) and index
Faces of Alaska: From Barrow to Wrangellby Lester, Jean; published 1992; ISBN-10 0940457601, ISBN-13 978-0940457607. This book combines portraits, oral histories, and photographs of 22 Alaskans. It gives the reader a selection of people from various parts of Alaska who by telling of their lives, help show why Alaska is the unique place that it is.
Frank Yasuda and the ChandalarWolff, Ernest N. (Fairbanks: The Author, 1997), 66 pp., 875 Crazy Horse Way, Fairbanks, AK 99712. wln97139775. Account of a Japanese whaler who jumped ship in Barrow, married an Inupiat woman, and crossed the Brooks Range to found the village of Beaver on the Yukon River; illustrated with photographs.
From Barrow to Boothia: The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease, 1836-1839 by Peter Warren Dease and William Barr, (Rupert's Land Record Society Series, 7)
In a far country: the true story of a mission, a marriage, a murder, and the remarkable reindeer rescue of 1898John Taliaferro, New York: Public Affairs, c2006; 400 p., [8] p. of plates: ill., maps; ISBN: 1586482211, 9781586482213; Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inside the Alaska Pipelineby Ed McGrath
Ipiutak and the Arctic whale hunting cultureby Helge Larsen and Froelich Rainey, New York, 1948. Related Names: Rainey, Froelich G. (Froelich Gladstone), 1907-1992, joint author. 276 p., 100 plates. illus., maps. Notes: Bibliography: p. 260-266. Dewey Class No.: 913.798
Journey Down the Line: Building the Trans-Alaska Pipelineby Robert Douglas Mead
Kusiq: an Eskimo life history from the Arctic Coast of Alaskaby Waldo Bodfish, Sr.; recorded, compiled, and edited by William Schneider in collaboration with Leona Kisautaq Okakok and James Mumigana Nageak. Published: Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, c1991. Description: xiii, 330 p.: ill. ; ISBN: 0912006447
My playmates were EskimosDavid Greist; edited by Elizabeth A. Cook. , Louisville, Ky.: Chicago Spectrum Press, c2002
North Slope Now (Alaska Geographic). Alaska Geographic Society
Prudhoe Bay Governor: Alaska's Keith MillerMiller, Keith Harvey., as told to Joseph Edward Maynard. (Anchorage: Todd Communications, 1997), 296 pp., cloth, ISBN 1878100998, 203 W 15th Avenue, Suite 102, Anchorage, AK 99501. LC97-60349. Life story of Alaska's governor from 1969 to 1970.
Prudhoe Bay-Discovery to Recovery!Rutledge, Gene. (Anchorage: Wolfe Business Services, 1998), 144 pp., paperback, ISBN0932571034,6930 Oakwood, Anchorage, AK 99507. Energy scientist and former project leader of Governor Hammond's effort to address Alaska's energy resources, operations and issues compiles the story of the people and organizations who made the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System possible, from the discovery of resources to its 20th anniversary.
South from Prudhoe: the story of the Alaskan pipelineby H. M. "Ike" Stemmer. Published: Houston, Tex.: Universal News, c1977; 123 p., 28 leaves of plates: ill.
Tacos on the Tundra : the Story of Barrow, Alaska's Long-Time Resident, Fran TateKidder, Lyn. photographs by Frederic Moras. (Anchorage, Alaska : Bonaparte Books, c1996), 266 p., ISBN0965482626 (Box 139, 205 E. Dimond Blvd., Anchorage, AK 99515). wln97150982. The story of a special restaurateur, owner of Pepe's North of the Border located in Barrow, Alaska's farthest north city.
Taking control: the North Slope Borough, the story of self determination in the Arcticby Bill Hess, Published/Created: [Barrow, Alaska]: North Slope Borough, Public Information Division, c1993. 147 p.: ill.
The Alaska Pipeline (Building America) by Craig A. Doherty and Katherine M. Doherty
The Great Alaska Pipeline by Stanley Cohen
The Whales, They Give Themselves: conversations with Harry Brower, Sr.edited by Karen Brewster, Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2004. xii, 232 p.: ill., map; 24 cm. ISBN: 1889963658 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1889963666 (pbk. : alk. paper) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-226) and index.
Then fight for it! The largest peaceful redistribution of wealth in the history of mankind and the creation of the North Slope Boroughby Fred Paul. Published: Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Pub., c2003. Description: 414 p., 12 p. of plates: ill.; ISBN: 1552129462
Ultimate Americans: Point Hope, Alaska, 1826-1909Tom Lowenstein, Fairbanks, AK: University of Alaska Press, c2008. Description: xxvi, 351 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. ISBN: 9781602230279
Walking My Dog Jane: From Valdez to Prudhoe Bay Along the Trans-Alaska Pipelineby Ned Rozell, (Pittsburgh : Duquesne University Press, 2000), 342 pp., cloth, ISBN 082073141, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. With his chocolate lab, Jane, the author walks the length of the pipeline, describing the wildlife, scenery and people along the way.