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Narrative of the Great Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-1899	Dickey, Robert M. Gold Fever:, edited by Art Petersen, (Auke Bay, Alaska: Klondike Research, 1997), 279 pp., paper, ISBN 096579380X.LC97-067328. A missionary's adventures during the gold rush, illustrated with photographs.
Native Peoples of Alaska: a Traveler's Guide to Land, Art, and Culture	Halliday, Jan. ((Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1998), 288 pp., paperback, ISBN1570611009, 615 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104. Activities and destinations described and detailed travel information provided.
Natives of the Far North: Alaska's vanishing culture in the eye of Edward Sheriff Curtis	Lowry, Shannon. / Mechanicsburg PA: Stackpole Books, 1994. 139p. Selected Curtis Images of Natives of Nunivak Island, King Island, Diomede Islands and Kingigan illustrate an overview of customs, ceremonies and legends of Yupik culture. ISBN0811711021. LC94-13657.
Natural History of an Arctic Oil Field: Development and the Biota	Truett, Joe C., and Stephen R. Johnson, editors. (San Diego: Academic Press, c2000), 422 pp., hardbound, ISBN 0127012354, 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Impacts of oil development in the Arctic over the past 30 years.
Naturalist's guide to Chugach State Park	Zimmerman, Jenny. / Anchorage, Alaska: A.T. Publishing and Printing, 1993. 258p. Complete guide to the history, geology, fauna and flora of the state park closest to Alaska's largest city. Includes advice on trails, bear encounters, avalanches, and various wilderness hazards. ISBN0963730908. wln94-27970.
Navigating Troubled Waters A History of Commercial Fishing in Glacier Bay	Mackovjak, James. US Department of the Interior, 2010. 258 pages. Part 1: History of Commercial Fishing in Glacier Bay. Part 2: Hoonah's Millon Dollar Fleet ebook available to read at Internet Archive
Neerihiinjik: Johnny Sarah Haa Googwandak = We Traveled from Place to Place: the Gwich'in Stories of Johnny and Sarah Frank	Frank, Johnny and Sarah Frank., edited by Craig Mishler (Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1995), 685 p., paper,, ISBN 1555000541, (PO Box 757680, U. A. Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680). LC95-004510.
Nellie Cashman and the North American Mining Frontier	Chaput, Don. (Tucson: Westernlore, 1995),186 p., ISBN 0870260936, P.O. Box 35305, Tucson, AZ 85740. Biography of a tough frontier woman who, after thirty years in the desert Southwest, joined the Klondike gold rush and spent twenty-five years in Alaskan gold camps. LC 95-60928.
Nellie Cashman, prospector and trailblazer	Ledbetter, Suzann. / El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso, 1993. 83p. "Winner of the Western Writers of America SPUR AWARD." Biography of a remarkable and much-loved woman who lived in the frontier West: California, Tombstone, and finally the Klondike and Alaska. ISBN0874041945. LC92-62201.
Never Too Late to be a Hero	Gregory, Glenn R. (Seattle: Peanut Butter Press, 1995), 352 p., ISBN 0897165713, paper,, order from Ulu Books, 557 Moosetrot Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 99712. Memories of a bush pilot and trading post operator after World War II in Alaska's wilderness. LC 95-069876.
Nights of Ice: True Stories of Disaster and Survival on Alaska's High Seas	Walker, Spike. (New York: St. Martin's Press), 206 pp., cloth, ISBN0312156111. LC97-6207. Eight true stories recount ordeals of fishermen who encounter shipwrecks and other perils in the oceans around Alaska.
No Half Truths: Reminiscences of Life in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1906-1995	Nicholson, John W. / line drawings by Steve Peterson (Anchorage, Alaska: Dillingham, Alaska), 160 p., ISBN 0964480948, Box 41, Dillingham 99756. Oral history of old-timer - trapper, fisherman - from Nushagak Bay, whose father immigrated from Denmark and became a commercial fisherman. LC 95-70296.
Nome, City of the Golden Beaches	by Terrence Cole. (Alaska Geographic).
No Ordinary Journey: John Rae, Arctic Explorer, 1813-1893	Bunyan, Ian. / Montreal: McGill - Queen's University Press; Edinburgh: National Museums of Scotland, 1993. 116p. Essays in the life of a nineteenth century Scottish physician in the Canadian Arctic. ISBN0948636394. LC93-186021.
Noel Wien: Alaska Pioneer Bush Pilot	Harkey, Ira. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1999) 307 pp., cloth, ISBN 1889963151, or paper, ISBN 188996316X, 1-888-252-6657. This reprint of the 1974 classic Pioneer Bush Pilot by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author brings understanding of both Wien and the Alaska he knew.
Nome and Seward Peninsula	by Edward Sanford Harrison. An excellent source of information for the Nome Gold Rush. Three parts: History, Description, and Biographies (and stories). Includes Biographies of: Ailes, Eugene E.; Aldrich, Captain C. S.; Anderson, Carl; Ashby, O. W.; Ashford, Geo. M.; Atkinson, M. E.; Bard, W. H.; Beach, Rex. E.; Beau, J. L.; Bell, J. W.; Berger, Jacob; Black, W. J.; Borchsenius, George V.; Boyd, Albert; Brannen, John; Bratnober, Henry; Brewster, J. B.; Brown, J. C.; Browne, A. G.; Bruner, A. J.; Brynteson, John; Bunker, Geo. D.; Burton, John Edgar; Carllis, S.; Carstens, J. C.; Castle, N. H.; Chace, Dr. W. d'Arcy; Chilberg, B. A.; Chilberg, Eugene; Cederbergh, E. M.; Clark, W. A.; Cochran, M. J.; Cochran, O. D.; Cody, A. J.; Coply, J. S.; Coston, P. J.; Cowden, C. G.; Daggett, F. E.; Daly, A. J.; Dashlev, F. W.; Davidson, J. M.; De Buhr John; Derbyshire, Dr. A. L.; Dexter, John A.; Dieter, Henry J.; Dobbs, B. B.; Dunn, E. R.; Dunn, John H.; Dwyer, Thomas; Fenton, J. E.; Ferguson, Capt. W. H.; Fitzgerald, Geo; Fuller, F. E.; Gaffney, J. C.; Galvin, Jerry; Geiger, Captain Wm. E.; Gilchrist, David; Gilmore, Wm. A.; Grigsby, Geo. B.; Hall, Gordon; Harrison, E. S.; Haskins, C. D.; Henry, Prof. Will; Henton, S. C.; Hesse, Wm. H.; Hill, Dr. E. E.; Hines, Jack; Hirschberg, Max R.; Horsfall, C. G.; Hultberg, N. O.; Humber, R. H.; Johnson, Judge C. S.; Johnson, John; Johnston, Capt. E. W.; King, H. P.; Kittilsen, Dr. A. N.; Kjelsberg, Magnus; Lane, Charles D.; Lane, Tom T.; Lang, F. S.; Lang, Wm. H.; Larimore, L. A.; Leedy, J. D.; Libby, Capt Daniel B.; Lindblom, Erik O.; Lindeberg, Jafet; Linton, Dr. E. R.; Lomen, G. J.; Lowe, A. J.; McBride, Angus; McDermott, Jeff; McGettigan, A.; McGinn, John L.; McLeod, P. B.; Martens, H. G.; Meletus, C.; Metson, Wm. H.; Monroe, Major W. N.; Moore, A. H.; Moore, Judge Alfred S.; Moore, Dr. Henry S.; Morris, C. L.; Moses, Otto S.; Murane, C. D.; Murphy, George; Nixon, P. Thos.; Oelbaum, Henry; Orton, Ira D.; Park, R. J.; Pearson, J. P.; Perkins, Col. W. T.; Peterson, Nels; Polet, A.; Porter, F. B.; Price, G. W.; Redding, Dr. G. H. H.; Richards, Frank H.; Rinehart, W. V. Jr.; Rininger, Dr. E. M.; Rosencranz, Mose; Rustgard, John; Ryan, R. S.; Ryberg, Rev. C. E.; Sandstrom, J. L.; Sawyer, L. L.; Scanlan, W. J.; Schofield, Geo. D.; Schow, A. C.; Schneider, A.; Schuler, Matt; Simpson, R. N.; Simson, Abe; Simson, Ben; Sloan, Dr. J. M.; Sloan Dr. W.; Smith, Frank S.; Smith, Henry; Solner, N. B.; Steel, H. G.; Stewart, A. C.; Stevens, S. H.; Strong, J. F. A.; Sullivan, J. T.; Sullivan, M. J.; Sutter, L. W.; Sverdrup, I. B.; Swanton, F. W.; Tanner, L. B.; Thatcher, Frank H.; Thornton, Charles W.; Thuland, C. M.; Traphagen, D. H.; Valentine, A. L.; Vinal, Wm. A.; Watts, P. H.; Westby, Jacob A.; Whitehead, Catell, Ph. D.; Whittren, J. Potter; Wickersham, Judge James; Wilkins, W. C.; Will, E. G.; Williams, Geo. T.; Wynkoop, D. J.; Yarnell, Griff; Zehner, R. B. Portraits of: Anderson, Carl; Ashby, O. W.; Bard, W. H.; Borchsenius, Geo. V.; Boyd, A. E.; Bratnoher, Henry; Brown, J. C.; Bruner, A. J.; Brynteson, John; Burton, J. E.; Cederbergh, Capt. E. M.; Clark, W. A.; Cody, A. J.; Davidson, J. M.; Dickson, J. Warren; Dieter, Henry; Dunn, E. R.; Fenton, J. E.; French, Major L. H.; Hultberg, N. O.; Johnson, John; Kittilsen, Dr. A. N.; Kjelsberg, M.; Lane, Charles D.; Lane, Tom T.; Lindblom, E. O.; Lindeberg, Jafet; Meletus, C.; Metson, W. H.; Moore, A. H.; Moore, Judge Alfred S.; Morris, C. L.; Murphy, George; Perkins, Col. W. T.; Peterson, Nels; Price, G. W.; Rininger, Dr. E. M.; Smith, F. S.; Stewart, A. C.; Strong, J. F. A.; Sullivan, M. J.; Tanner, L. B.; Whitehead, Dr. Cabell; Wilkins, W. C. ebook available to read at Internet Archive
Nome, City of the Golden Beaches	Cole, Terrence. (Alaska Geographic)
North Alaska Chronicle: Notes from the End of Time	Campbell, John Martin. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1998), 160 pp., cloth, ISBN0890133530, or paper, ISBN0890133549, P.O. Box 2087, Santa Fe, NM 87504. Traditional Nunamiut culture and lifeways depicted through the eyes of Anaktuvuk Pass resident Simon Paneak; includes drawings and historical photographs.
North Slope Now	Alaska Geographic Society.
North to the Night: A Year in the Arctic Ice	Simon, Alvah. (Camden, Maine: McGraw-Hill/International Marine, 1999) 328 pp., cloth, ISBN 0070580529, or paper, ISBN 076790446X, P.O. Box 182607, Columbus OH 43218-2607, 1-800-262-4729. The author and his wife begin an Arctic adventure together, circumstances lead to their being separated, and he must spend the Arctic night alone in the Baffin Bay area.
Northern Gold Fleet. Twentieth-Century Gold Dredging in Alaska	Spence, Clark C. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996), 302 p., cloth, ISBN0252022181 (1325 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820).
Northwest Carving Traditions	Norris, Karen & Ralph Norris. (Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1999) pp., cloth, ISBN 0764307991, 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen PA 19310. With the collector in mind, this depicts Northwest Coast Native art in over 400 color photos of totems, drums, rattles, boxes, canoes, and masks.
Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form	by Bill Holm, A book for researchers, excellent information, but quite dry.
Northwest Coast Indian Painting: House Fronts and Interior Screens	Malin, Edward. (Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1999) 288 p., cloth, ISBN 0881924717, 133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland OR 97204. Focuses on the lost riches of house art, bringing to life this extraordinary, nearly extinct work through rare photographs and his own renderings of actual house paintings and screen partitions.
Northwest Coast Native and Native-style Art: a Guidebook for Western Washington	Averill, Lloyd J., and Daphne K. Morris. (Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 1995), 215 p., paper, ISBN0295974680 (PO Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5096). LC95-21962. Includes Washington dealers who carry Alaska native arts and crafts.
Northwest Epic: The Building of the Alaska Highway	by Heath Twichell, St. Martins Press, New York, 1992, 368 pages.
Not Just a Pretty Face: Dolls and Human Figurines in Alaska Native Cultures	edited by Molly C. Lee (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Museum, 1999) 75 pp., paper,ISBN 0931163188, 907 Yukon Drive, P.O. Box 756960, Fairbanks AK 99775-6960. Beautiful exhibit catalog with informative accompanying text.
Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia	Hoagland, Edward., reprint of 1969 edition, (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1995), 273 p., ISBN 0871564130, paper, 100 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. Travel diary and history of the Stikine River area. LC 94-032417.
Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia	Hoagland, Edward., reprint of 1969 edition, (San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1995), 273 p., ISBN 0871564130, paper, 100 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94104. Travel diary and history of the Stikine River area. LC 94-032417.
Notes on Russian America	Khlebnikov, K. T. (Kiril Timofeevich) / edited by Richard Pierce / Fairbanks, AK: Limestone Press, 1994. 308p. "Parts 2-5: Kad'iak, Unalashka, Atkha, the Priylovs." Alaska History Series, No. 42. Khlebnikov served as an assistant of several governors of Russian America from 1818 - 1832. In his notes he tried to record the history of Russian-America, noting, among other things, statistical data, oral history of the Aleuts, and portions of Cook's voyages. ISBN1895901022. wln95-29763.
Notes on Russian America. Part I	Khlebnikov, K.T. (Kiril Timofeevich). Novo-Arkhangel'sk Fort on Baranov Island (Sikha ), transcribed by Svetlana G. Fedorova, translated by Serge LeComte and Richard Pierce, (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1995), 308 p., cloth, P.O. Box 756240, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240. Translated from the Russian edition of 1985. wln92-029763.
Now It Can Be Told: Stories of Alaskan Pioneer Ranchers	Fields, Wanda Marie. (Anchorage: Publications Consultants, 2000), 311 pp., cloth, ISBN 1888125446, order from the author, P.O. Box 25, Kodiak, AK 99615. Arriving on Kodiak Island as Baptist mission houseparents in 1949, the author and her husband soon turned to cattle ranching. Illustrated with hundreds of color photographs, this is the story of traditional Western ranching adapted to a very non-traditional location.
Now! We're Having Fun: Humorous Anecdotes of Life on the Last Frontier	Leonard, Ted H. / Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Workers Pub. Co., 1994. 159p. [Not available for review.] ISBN0964155303. LC94-094456.
Nuvendaltin Quht'ana: the people of Nondalton	by Linda J. Ellanna, Andrew Balluta; cartographic illustrations by George K. Sherrod. Published/Created: Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, c1992. Related Names: Balluta, Andrew. United States. National Park Service. Related Titles: People of Nondalton. Description: xxvii, 354 p.: ill., maps; 28 cm. ISBN: 1560981180

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