"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| Danger Stalks the Land: Alaskan Tales of Death and Survival | Kaniut, Larry. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999) 324 pp., paper, ISBN 0312241208, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. The author of Alaska Bear Tales offers an anthology of true adventures set in Alaska's wilderness. |
| Dangerous North | Ferrell, Ed. (Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), 162 pp., paperback, ISBN0788410652, 1540-E Pointer Ridge Place, Suite 301, Bowie, MD 20716, 1-800-398-7709. A collection of 26 accounts of death and survival that chronicle the harsh realities of life on the northern frontier. |
| Dawg's Tale: The Story of the Salty Dawg Saloon, the Homer Spit & the Town of Homer, Alaska | Wood, Diane Ford. (Anchorage: Alaska Press, 1995), 224 p., paper, ISBN 945519206, P.O. Box 90565, Anchorage, AK 99509-0565. wln95-192621. |
| Dawn of Conservation Diplomacy: U.S.-Canadian Wildlife Protection Treaties in the Progressive Era | Dorsey, Kirkpatrick. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998), 311 pp., cloth, ISBN0295976764, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. Contends that successful conservation treaties came only after conservationists learned to use scientific evidence, public sentiment, and economic incentives in their campaigns for protective legislation. |
| Denali Road Guide: A Traveler's Guide to the Wildlife and Wilderness of Denali National Park | Heacox, Kim. (Denali National Park: Alaska Natural History Association, 1999) 52 pp., paper, ISBN 0930931009, available from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage AK 99501. A revision of the author's 1986 book of the same title. |
| Denali: a Literary Anthology | Sherwonit, Bill, editor. (Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2000), 267 pp., paper, ISBN 089886710X, 1001 SW Klickitat Way, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 98134. Selection from 100 years of writings related to Alaska's highest mountain, including native sacred stories, early explorations, mountaineering, natural history, and modern adventures. |
| Denali: Early Photographs of Our National Parks | Haigh, Jane. (Whitehorse: Wolf Creek Books, 2000), 112 pp., paper, ISBN 0968195571, Box 31275, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5P7. A selection of black and white photographs of Denali National Park and Preserve, taken through the 1930s. |
| Denali: Symbol of the Alaskan Wild: an illustrated history of the Denali-Mount McKinley Region, Alaska | Brown, William E. / Virginia Beach: Donning (184 Business Park Drive, Suite 106, Virginia Beach, VA 23462), 1993. Author served as an historian for the National Park Service for thirty years; includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN089858608. LC93-569. |
| Derevnia’s daughters: saga of an Alaskan village | by Lola Harvey. Published/Created: Manhattan, Kan., USA: Sunflower University Press, c1991. Description: xiii, 489 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN: 089745135X Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [468]-472) and index. |
| Desdele Mene: the archaeology of Annie Lake | Hare, Greg, and Sheila Greer. / Whitehorse, Y.T.: Carcross/Tagish First Nation, 1994. 29p. Excavations at ancient sites in Yukon territories. ISBN0969811209. wln94-276262. |
| Diamonds in the Rough: Baseball Stories from Alaska | Freedman, Lew. (Kenmore, WA: Epicenter Press, 2000), 247 pp., paper, ISBN 0945397828, Box 82368, Kenmore, WA 98028. History of baseball under the northern lights, told by the sports editor for the Anchorage Daily News. |
| Dictionary of Alaska Place Names |
Orth,
Donald J., published in 1967, 1113 pages. Each entry conforms to principles
of U.S. Board on Geographic Names and lists location, brief
history, and meaning of name. ebook available to read online at Internet Archive |
| Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent | Martin, Constance, with essays by Richard V. West. (Chesterfield, MA: Chameleon Books, 2000), 128 pp., cloth,ISBN 0520227115 or paper, ISBN 0520227123, 31 Smith Road, Chesterfield, MA 01012. Catalog for a museum exhibit of the controversial New England artist's work; he and his son spent the winter of 1918-19 on Fox Island in Resurrection Bay near Seward. |
| Down in Bristol Bay: High Tides, Hangovers, and Harrowing Experiences on Alaska's Last Frontier |
Durr, R. A. (New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1999) 219 pp., cloth, ISBN 0312205295, available from
Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage AK
99501. Sixties dropout from East Coast academia becomes a
fisherman and Alaskan. ebook available to read online at Internet Archive |
| Drawing Shadows to Stone: The Photography of the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1897-1902 | Kendall, Laurel, Barbara Mathe and Thomas Ross Miller. (New York: American Museum of Natural History and Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997), 112 pp., paper, ISBN 0295976470, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. LC97-13050. Photographic record of a five-year expedition to study indigenous cultures on both sides of the Bering Strait. |
| Duty Station Northwest: The U.S. Army in Alaska and Western Canada, 1867-1987, Volume Three, 1945-1987 | Woodman, Lyman L. (Anchorage: Alaska Historical Society, 1999) 304 pp., cloth, ISBN 0940521121, P.O. Box 100299, Anchorage AK 99510-0299. Third in a three-volume set. |
| Duty Station Northwest: The U.S. Army in Alaska and Western Canada, 1867-1987. Volume Two, 1918-1945 | Woodman, Lyman L. (Anchorage: Alaska Historical Society, 1997), 400 pp., cloth, ISBN0940521059, P.O. Box 100299, Anchorage, AK 99510-0299. Second of a three-volume set. |
| Duty Station Northwest: U.S. Army in Alaska and Western Canada, 1867-1987 | Woodman, Lyman L.(Anchorage, AK: Alaska Historical Society, 1996), 376p., cloth, ISBN0940521040 (P. O. Box 100299, Anchorage, AK 99510-0299). LC96-083273. Volume one covers the period 1867-1917. Very thorough; a definitive work of military and Alaskan history. |
