"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| Lake Clark-Iliamna, Alaska, 1921: the travel diary of Colonel A.J. Macnab with related documents |
edited by John Branson.
Published/Created: [Alaska]: Alaska Natural History
Association, c1996. Description: 120 p.: ill.; 23 cm. ISBN: 0930931181 Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Land of Mists: Misty Fjords | Roppel, Patricia. (publisher information unavailable),268 pp., spiral-bound, ISBN119901723X, order from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. A guide to Revillagigedo and Gravina Islands and Misty Fjords -- the most comprehensive book on the area. |
| Land of Nome, The | McKee, Lanier.
Published by The Grafton Press, New York, 1902. 261 pages.
A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea
gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and
the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901).
ebook available to read at Project Gutenberg |
| Last Great Race: The Iditarod Sled Dog Race | Jones, Tim. 1982, Madrona Publishers, Seattle. List of the Iditarod mushers and finishing times 1973-1982. |
| Last New Land: Stories of Alaska, Past and Present | Edited by Wayne Mergler; foreword by John Haines. (Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, c1996.), 791 p., ISBN0882404814 (hb); ISBN0882404830 (sb). LC 96030733. Anthology of major Alaska writings (none more than about 10 pages); a sampling of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry representing most well-known Alaska writers. |
| Last of the Bush Pilots | by Harmon Helmericks; published 1969 by Random House. Great stories of Alaska Aviation history. ISBN-10039443241X, ISBN-139780394432410. Many early aviators and pioneers of Alaska are mentioned in this book, see our Index of Names. |
| Last Settlers, photos by Charles Mason | Brice, Jennifer. (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1998), 171 pp., cloth, ISBN820702900, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282. Begun by the authors, both Alaska residents, in 1991, the examination of the lives of two twentieth-century pioneer families became a documentation of the end of the American migration to the frontier. One of the families settled near Lake Minchumina, the other near the Ahtna village of Slana. |
| Lavish silence: a pictorial chronicle of vanished Curry, Alaska: a unique Alaska railroad community | written and compiled by Kenneth L. Marsh; designed and edited by Robin L. Marsh. Edition Information: 1st ed. Published/Created: Trapper Creek, Alaska: Trapper Creek Museum Sluice Box Productions, c2003. Description: 130 p.: ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 21 cm. ISBN: 0971830215 (pbk.) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-129). |
| Law of the Land: A History of the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Law in Alaska | Haycox, Stephen W. (Juneau: Alaska Department of Law, 1998), 258 pp., paper, P.O. Box 110300, Juneau, AK 99811-0300. Primarily a history of the office since statehood, but also includes an essay titled "Before Statehood: Law in the Territory of Alaska." |
| Law of the Yukon: A Pictorial History of the Mounted Police in the Yukon | Dobrowolsky, Helen. (Whitehorse: Lost Moose Publishing Co., 1995), 192 p., ISBN 0969461283 (paper.), ISBN 0969461267 (cloth), 58 Kluane Crescent, Whitehorse, YT YIA 3G7. cn95-910263. |
| Leaving Alaska | Sims, Grant. / New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. 315p. Following the lives of a dozen Alaskans over a period of five years, that include the spill of the Exxon Valdez, Sims describes the Alaska environment and the lives it shapes from remote Native villages and fishing hamlets, to urban centers and oil fields, and out to the wildlands. ISBN0871134764. LC93-43126. |
| Legacy of the Gold Rush: An Administrative History of Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park | Norris, Frank B. (Anchorage: National Park Service, 1996), 509 pp., paper, request from National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 2525 Gambell Street, Room 107, Anchorage, AK 99503-2892. LC96-231316. Extensive study of Park located in Skagway and Seattle. |
| Lessons My Sled Dog Taught Me: Humor and Heartwarming Tails from Alaska's Mushers | / collected by Tina Brown; illustrations by Amanda Brannon (Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1998), 160 pp., cloth, ISBN0945397690, Box 82368, Kenmore, WA 98028. Collection of words of wisdom, humor, insight, and inspiration from the men and women who run dog teams. |
| Letters and Papers Relating to the Alaska Frontier |
edited by Edwin Swift Balch,
Philadelphia, Press of Allen, Lame and Scott, 1904. This
book deals with the positions and negotiations between
Canada and the United States in determining the border
between Alaska and Canada. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| Life and Work of INNOCENT, the Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kuriles and the Aleutian Islands and later the Metropolitan of Moscow | translated from Russian by Most Revered Bishop Nicholas, Sans Francisco 1897. |
| Life and Times of John W. Clark of Nushagak, Alaska, 1846-1896 |
by Branson, John B. Published by the US Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park
and Preserve, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-9796432-6-2
"John W. Clark (1846-1896) was one of the first Euroamerican residents of Alaska, arriving at St. Michael with the Western Union Telegraph Company Russo-American Expedition to build a worldwide telegraph line in 1866. He was a distinguished trader on the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Nushagak Rivers between 1868 and 1896. Clark lived at Nushagak nearly twenty years and was a founder of the world-renowned Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishing industry. He was an entrepreneurial fur trader and merchant and likely the first English speaking resident of the Bristol Bay region. Clark was a close friend of the Native people of western Alaska and traveled widely about the region by dogsled and baidarka. He married and established a large extended family in western Alaska." --Publisher's description ebook available to read online at Internet Archive |
| Life in Alaska. Letters of Mrs. Eugene S. Willard |
by Willard, Eugene S., Mrs., 1853-1915; McClintock, Eva,
[from old catalog] ed Publication date 1884, Pages 402 Available to read online at Internet Archive |
| Little Boats and Big Salmon | Jensen, Erv. (Silverdale, Wash.: Three Trees Pub., 1999) 208 pp., paper, ISBN 0966875303, available from Hearthside Books, 8745 Glacier Hwy, Juneau AK 99801, 1-800-478-1000. Erv and his brother, Sven, started commercial fishing from little boats for big salmon in southeast Alaska nearly a half century ago and were among the pioneers of techniques for catching chinook salmon, such as mooching. |
| Living Off the Land | Emanuel, Richard P., Volume 27, Number 4 of Alaska Geographic (Anchorage: Alaska Geographic Society, 2000), 96 pp., paper, ISBN 1566610508, P. O. Box 93370, Anchorage, AK 99509-3370. A look at traditional and modern subsistence practices throughout Alaska. |
| Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: Agayuliyararput, Our Way of Making Prayer | Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996), 320 p., cloth, ISBN 0-295-97501-6 (PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096). LC95-23296. Richly illustrated museum catalog for a major exhibit. Exceptional. |
| Living with the Coast of Alaska | Mason, Owen K. (Durham: Duke University Press, 1997), 348 pp., cloth, ISBN0822320096, or paperback, ISBN0822320193 (Series: Living with the shore), 905 W. Main Street, Suite 18B, Durham, NC 27701, 1-888-651-0122. A user's guide for both present and future inhabitants of Alaska with its 45,000 miles of coast. Provides the fundamentals of hazard recognition and mitigation strategy; discusses the geological history of Alaska and its relation to the area's cultural history; and presents customized hazard risk assessments for coastal communities. |
| Lobsticks and Stone Cairns: Human Landmarks in the Arctic | Davis, Richard C. (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1996), 326 p., paper, ISBN1895176697 (2500 University Drive N. W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4). cn96-910557. Profiles of Arctic explorers and their activities in the Canadian Arctic from the sixteenth century to those who are still active today. |
| Log Cabins of Alaska | Walker, Harry M. (Fairbanks: Epicenter Press, 1999) 64 pp., cloth, ISBN 0945397712, Box 82368, Kenmore WA 98028. A gift book consisting mainly of color photographs of various log structures in Alaska, including an espresso stand and dog kennels. |
| Long Way To Nome: The Serum Run '25 Expedition | Martin, Von E. |
| Looking at Totem Poles | by Hilary Stewart (Illustrator), Norman Tait, Clear and lively descriptive information on 110 easily accessible poles in outdoor locations in coastal British Columbia and Alaska, each with a drawing. Introductory chapters give background (with photos) on their making, history, and lore. A well-researched and nicely put together guide. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. |
| Looking For Alaska | by Peter Jenkins, Griffin Publishing, 448 pages, For 18 months, Jenkins toured the countryside of Alaska from a home base in Seward and, with rapt attention, sought out the state's unique spirit. This book is a diary of his discoveries, encounters, and adventures. |
| Looking North: Art from the University of Alaska Museum | Jonaitis, Aldona, editor. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998), 206 pp., cloth, ISBN0295976934, or paper, ISBN0295976942, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096. Illustrated catalog featuring 138 art objects, from prehistoric to modern times; accompanied by transcribed conversations among ten Native and non-Native art experts. |
| Lost at Sea: an American Tragedy | Dillon, Patrick. (New York: Dial Press, 1998), 264 pp., cloth, ISBN0385314213, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., 1540 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. A journalist examines how the Americus/Altair disaster is indicative of the problems with American fishing, an industry that annually tops the list of "Most Dangerous Occupations," and what has been done in the tragedy's aftermath. |
| Lost Gold Mine of the Upper Tanana | Solka, Paul, Jr. / Fairbanks: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Pioneers of Alaska Igloo #4 Foundation, Inc., 1994. 50p. Although its exact location has remained a mystery since 1903, the author recounts the stories that surround this lost lode. wln94-264047. |
