"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| I Danced with Joy: Bishop Michael H. Kenny Remembered | edited by Kathy VanderJack and Karla Donaghey (Juneau: VanderJack, 1998), 159 pp., paperback, order from Diocese of Juneau, 419 6th St., Juneau, AK 99801. Collection of personal remembrances of the lively Bishop of Juneau, who died suddenly in 1995. |
| I Dream Alaska | Fobes, Natalie. (Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Books, 1998), 96 pp., cloth, ISBN0882405012, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, P.O. Box 10306, Portland, OR 97296-0306, 1-800-452-3032. The award winning writer and photographer presents an intimate and impressionistic vision of the Alaska she has documented in her fifteen years of adventures in the North. |
| I May be Some Time: Ice and the English Imagination | Spufford, Francis. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997), 372 p., cloth, ISBN 031217442X. LC97-032084. Cultural history of the obsession with ice, Eskimos, and polar exploration: how the myth of the poles were perceived and imagined in nineteenth and twentieth century England. |
| I Never Did Mind the Rain: A Collection of Oral Histories from Southern Southeast Alaska | Harrington, Louise Brinck, and Mary C. Smith. (Ketchikan: Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library, 1995), 105 pp., paper, ISBN 0-9648998-3-3, order from Alaskan Southeaster, P.O. Box 240667, Douglas, AK 99824. wln97-045480. Interviews with twenty-five Ketchikan residents, 1900-1950. |
| Icebound Empire: Industry and Politics on the Last Frontier, 1898-1938 | Tower, Elizabeth A.(Anchorage: The Author, 1996), 302 p., paper, ISBN1888125055 (order from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501). wln96-268614. Story of three men whose Alaska Syndicate developed the Copper River and Northwestern Railway and the Kennecott Copper Company. |
| Icebreakers: Alaska's Most Innovative Artists | Decker, Julie.(Anchorage: Decker Art Services, 1999) 332 pp., cloth, ISBN 0967070902, P.O. Box 101403, Anchorage AK 99510. Highlights the work of 54 Alaskan artists with biographical information, examples of their work, and many photographs, some color. Also includes essays on art in Alaska. |
| Iditarod Memories: 25 years of Poster Art from the Last Great Race | Van Zyle, Jon. Jon Van Zyle's/ [art by Jon Van Zyle]; stories by Jona Van Zyle ([Seattle, WA; Fairbanks, AK]: Epicenter Press, c2000), 64 pp., cloth, ISBN 0945397887, Box 82368, Kenmore, WA 98028. Creator of annual Iditarod posters reflects on meaning of Iditarod and his involvement of 25 years. |
| Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome | by Bill Sherwonit and Jeff Schultz |
| If You Lived Here I’d Know Your Name | by Heather Lende, a local writer in Haines Alaska |
| If You've Got it to Do | Williams, Wilma. (Homer, AK: Wizard Works, 1996), 184 p., paper, ISBN0962154385, PO Box 1125, Homer, AK 99603. wln97-167207. Homer pioneer tells about her life in Alaska. |
| Imaging the Arctic | King, J. C. H. and Henrietta Lidchi, editors (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998), 256 pp., paper, ISBN0295977248, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. Arising from a conference held at the British Museum in 1996, this volume contains over 200 historical photographs of indigenous peoples of the North American Arctic and some of the stores behind them. |
| In the Alaskan Wilderness |
by George Byron Gordon, Philadelphia,
The John C. Winston Company, 1917. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| In the Shadow of Denali: Life and Death on Alaska's Mount McKinley | Waterman, Jonathan. / New York: Dell Pub, 1994. 246p. Various stories of climbers, guides, and rescuers who experienced "The High One." ISBN0385312458. wln94-222643. |
| In the Shadows of Mountains: Ahtna Stories from the Copper River | Smelcer, John E. (Glennallen, AK: Ahtna Heritage Foundation, c1997), 101 p., paper, ISBN0-9656310-0-1 (PO Box 213, Glennallen, AK 99588). wln97-172442. Myths, tales, and teachings of the Ahtna culture. Includes a foreword by poet Gary Snyder. |
| In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World | Potterfield, Peter.(Seattle, WA: Mountaineers, c1996), 270 p. cloth, ISBN 0898864828 (The Mountaineers, 1001 SW Klickitat Way, Seattle, WA 98134). LC96-25476. Stories of climbers who narrowly escaped death on some of the world's most renowned peaks; one of the three accounts is that of Colby Coombs' experience on Mount Foraker in the Alaska Range. |
| Indian Population in the United States and Alaska: 1910 |
Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census, Washington, Govt Printing Office 1915. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| Indian Slavery in the Pacific Northwest | Ruby, Robert H., and John A. Brown. / Spokane: A. H. Clark, 1993. 336p. Slavery within Native cultures from Alaska south to California. ISBN087062250. LC93-31861. . |
| Indians of the Tanana and Yukon Valleys, Alaska | by Matthew K. Sniffen and Dr. Thomas Spees Carrington |
| Industry Pioneers: Arco in Alaska, 1955-1999 | (Anchorage: ARCO Alaska, 1999) 199 pp., cloth, available from the Museum Shop, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 121 W. 7th Avenue, Anchorage AK 99501. This coffee table book describes the petroleum company's Alaskan activities and features many group photos of employees. |
| Inhabited Wilderness: Indian, Eskimos, and National Parks in Alaska | Catton, Theodore. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997), 287 pp., cloth, ISBN0826318266 or paper, ISBN0826318274. LC97004873. Evolution of public policy and intellectual underpinnings of Alaska land, noting the contradictions in the desire to preserve the natural "wilderness" which in reality is some of the oldest inhabited land in North America. |
| Innokentii mitropolit Moskovskii i Kolemenskii: bpo ego sochineniiam, psimam i razskazam sovremennikov | Barsukov, Ivan. (Italy: FimaAlesia Press, 1997), 769+ pp., ISBN5871630111. wln97-321736. In Russian; originally published in 1883. Life of Veniaminov who became St. Innocent, reprinted to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the saint's birth. Facsimile edition commissioned by the Orthodox Brotherhood of St. Innocent, Moscow, and financed by the Yakutia House and government of the Yakutia Republic. |
| Inside the Alaska Pipeline | McGrath, Ed |
| International Symposium on Mining | Engfer, Julie and Michelle Roberts, editors, (Circa 1850-2000 and Beyond): Proceedings Publication (Fairbanks: Festival Fairbanks, 1997), 349 pp., paper, P.O. Box 74086, Fairbanks, AK 99707. Papers delivered at the conference held in Fairbanks September 9-14, 1997; includes much history from the gold rush era. |
| Interviews with Alaskans | Stoops, Gary and Noel Grunwaldt. (Anchorage: Anchorage School District, 1998), 131 pp. A gathering of interviews from some of the people who shaped and contributed to the formation of the city of Anchorage and the state of Alaska. |
| Interwoven Lives of George Vancouver, Archibald Menzies, Joseph Whidbey, and Peter Puget: Exploring the Pacific Northwest Coast | Naish, John M. (Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1996), 537 p., ISBN077348857X (Box 450, Lewiston, NY 14092-0450). LC95-043268. |
| Intrepid Selkreggs Beat the Alcan-October 1958 | Selkregg, Jr., Fred M. ([Anchorage: The Author, 1997?]), 55 pp., comb-bound. The Selkregg family leaves Illinois in a Buick Roadmaster pulling an enormous trailer, drives the Alcan Highway, and finds a new home in Anchorage. |
| Inuit Imagination: Arctic myth and sculpture | Seidelman, Harold. / New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994. 224p. Describes how contemporary sculpture reflects Inuit heritage and way of life. Combines art pieces with sections of traditional legends and songs to illustrate. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN0500016038. LC93-060706. |
| Inuit: Glimpses of an Arctic Past | Morrison, David, and Georges-Hebert Germain. / illustrations by Frederic Back, (Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, c1995), 159 p., ISBN 0660140381, University of Washington Press, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. With over 225 photographs and original illustrations, the authors offer an interesteing view of daily life and the history and tradition culture of the Inuit of northern Canada. wln96-17368. |
| Inupiaq Eskimo Nations of Northwest Alaska | Burch, Ernest S., Jr.(Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1998), 473 pp., cloth, ISBN0912006951, or paper, ISBN091200696X, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 756240, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240. A social geography which contends that autonomous societies equivalent to nations existed in this area until the late nineteenth century. Won the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Award (for books published in 1998, sponsored by the Publishers Marketing Association for excellence in editing and design) for the multicultural category. |
| Iron Rails to Alaskan Copper; The Epic Triumph of Erastus Corning Hawkins | Quinn, Alfred O. (Wilmington, NY: D'Aloquin Publishing Company, 1995), 195 p., ISBN 0964666901, order from Quaker Mountain, Wilmington, NY 12997. Story of the work of the chief engineer for the White Pass & Yukon Railway and the Copper River and Northwestern Railroad; over 100 photographs and maps. wln96-051260. |
| It Happened on the White Pass: The Life and Times of a Narrow-Gage Railway Engineer | True, J. D. (Whitehorse: Northbush Publications), 107 p., paper, ISBN 1896079024 (order from Mac's Fireweed Books, 203 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT, Canada YlA 2B2). wln97-53880. Memories of forty years on the White Pass and Yukon Route. |
| It Takes a Dog to Raise a Village | Gordon, Ruth. (Minocqua, WI: Willow Creek Press, 2000), 185 pp., paper, ISBN 1572233001. True stories of special dogs, including Patsy Ann, the official greeter of Juneau Alaska in the 1930s. |
