"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| Tacos on the Tundra: the Story of Barrow, Alaska's Long-Time Resident, Fran Tate | Kidder, 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. |
| Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs | by Heather Lende, a local writer in Haines Alaska |
| Taken to Extremes: Education in the Far North | Darnell, Frank, and Anton Hoem. (Oslo, Norway: Stockholm, Sweden: Scandinavian University Press, 1996), 299 p., cloth, ISBN8200225887 (North American Office, 875 Massachusetts Ave., Ste. 84, Cambridge, MA 02139). wln96268682. Examines the history of education and the contemporary issues of schooling in the circumpolar countries outside of Russia. |
| Tales and Legends of the Yupik Eskimos of Siberia | Dolitsky, Alexander B., editor. , translated by Henry N. Michael (Juneau: Alaska-Siberia Research Center, 2000), 147 pp., paper, ISBN 0965389138, P.O. Box 34871, Juneau, AK 99803. Fifty-nine tales, legends, and myths translated with a short note on the source. |
| Tanana Basin | Alaska Geographic Vol 16, Number 3 'The Tanana Basin' |
| Tangible Visions: Northwest Coast Indian Shamanism and Its Art | Wardwell, Allen. (New York: Monacelli/Corvus Press, 1996), 336 p., cloth, ISBN 1-885254-16-4, (10 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128). LC95-024157. Shamanic art of the Haida, Tlingit and Tsimshian peoples; over 500 photographs. |
| Tankers full of trouble: the perilous journey of Alaskan crude | Nalder, Eric. / New York: Grove Press, 1994. 294p. Seattle Times investigative reporter takes a trip on the tanker ARCO Anchorage to gain an understanding of the problems and workings of the tanker industry. ISBN080211458X. LC93-31198. |
| Telling Our Selves: Ethnicity and Discourse in Southwestern Alaska | Hensel, Chase. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 220 pp., cloth, , ISBN 0-19-510255-X,or paper, ISBN 0-19-509477-8, 2001 Evans Road, Cary, NC 27513. LC95-031923. Study of Yup'ik culture. |
| Tenakee Times: An Informational Booklet on Tenakee Springs, Alaska | (Tenakee Springs: no publisher, 1995), 90 p., paper, order from Hearthside Books 254 Front Street, Juneau, AK 99801. Illustrated anecdotes about a southeast Alaskan town. wln95-099518. |
| Terra Pacifica: People and Place in the Northwest States and Western Canada | edited by Paul W. Hirt (Pullman, Wash.: WAS Press, 1998), 223 pp., cloth, ISBN0874221633, or paperback, ISBN0874221625, Washington State University Press, P.O. Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910, 1-800-354-7360. Ten widely recognized historians from the United States and Canada present thought-provoking insights about society, culture, and change in the great, resource-laden Northwest. |
| Tewkesbury's Who's Who in Alaska | 1947, 332-page pdf available to view now |
| The Alaskan, November 1885-March 1887: Newspaper Excerpts of Genealogical and Historical Interest | Richardson, Elizabeth, editor. (Ward Cove, AK: The Author, 1997), 152 pp., paper, P.O. Box 662, Ward Cove, AK 99928. Wln98-019802. Articles from a weekly Sitka newspaper, with an added name index covering 1,500 entries. |
| The Bein-Pot: 300 years of Beins family history (1680-1980) | written and compiled by Sally Giggey Lowery. Published/Created: [Fairbanks, Alaska] (1021 Kodiak St., Fairbanks 99701) : S.G. Lowery, 1980. Description: 81, 9 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 4 (1st group) |
| The Frontier in Alaska and the Matanuska Colony | by Orlando W. Miller, (Yale University Press, 1975) |
| Their Fathers' Work: Casting Nets with the World's Fishermen | McCloskey, William. (McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing), 370 pp., revised edition, paper, ISBN 007135820X; Collection of essays, exploring the challenges that face commercial fishermen in various parts of the globe, including Alaska. |
| Then and now: changes since the Exxon Valdez oil spill | Ginsburg, Patty. / Anchorage: Regional Citizens' Advisory Council, [1993]. 24p. RCAC, an independent non-profit organization formed after the Exxon Valdez oil spill to promote environmentally safe operation of the crude oil terminal in Valdez and the tankers it serves, relates the changes implemented and the gaps that still remain in reducing risks of major oil spills. wln94-235081. |
| They Don't Speak Russian in Sitka: A New Look at the History of Southern Alaska | by David Wharton |
| This is Coffee Point: Go Ahead: a Mother's Story of Fishing & Survival at Alaska's Bristol Bay | Williams, Wilma. (Anchorage, AK: Alaska Press, 1995), 168 p., paper, ISBN1886921032, P.O. Box 90565, Anchorage, AK 99509-0565.Memories of an Alaskan woman and her seven children in the 1960s and 1970s. wln96-097423. |
| Thousand Blunders: The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and Northern British Columbia | Leonard, Frank.(Vancouver: UBC Press, 1996), 344 p., cloth, ISBN0774805323 (University of British Columbia, 6344 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC V6T lZ2). LC96-132748. Story of "one of the greatest failures in Canadian entrepreneurial history," with particular emphasis on the communities of Prince Rupert, Hazelton, and Prince George; based on the author's 1988 dissertation. |
| Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians | Garfield, Brian. / foreword by Terrence Cole (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1995, c1969), 456 p., ISBN 091200682X, (cloth), ISBN 0912006838, P.O. Box 756240, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240. Revised and expanded classic: narrative history of the Aleutian campaign that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1969; includes new chapters and bibliographic citations. LC 95-39358. |
| Three Northern Wartime Projects | edited by Bob Hesketh (Edmonton: Canadian Circumpolar Institute: Edmonton and District Historical Society, c1996), 249 p., ISBN 1896445004 (CCI, University of Alberta, Third Floor, 8820-112th St., Edmonton, AL, CANADA T6G 2E2). cn96-910185. Papers from the Alaska Highway 50th Anniversary Commemorative Symposium, held in June 1992 in Edmonton; WWII: Canol Project, Alaska Highway, NW Staging Route. |
| Through Yup'ik Eyes: an Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family | Chisholm, Colin. (Portland: Alaska Northwest Books, 2000), 304 pp., cloth, ISBN 0882405330, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, P.O. Box 10306, Portland, OR 97296-0306. Journey of discovery about his heritage takes author to distant places from his home in California, including Kotlik, Alaska, as he explores his mother's origins. |
| To the American Coast: The Voyages and Explorations of M. S. Gvozdev, the Discoverer of Northwestern America | Divin, V. A. , (K beregam Ameriki: plavaniia i issledovaniia M.S. Gvozdeva, pervo otkryvatelia Severo-Zapadnoi Ameriki) translated by Anatoli Perminov and edited by J. L. Smith (Anchorage: White Stone Press, 1997), 138 pp., cloth, ISBN 0962672718, 3600 East 67th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99507. LC97-061615. A translation of the 1956 Moscow edition, this book recounts the Russian discovery of Alaska in 1732 by Mikhail S. Gvozdev. |
| To the Pole: the Diary and Notebook of Richard E. Byrd, 1925-1927 | Byrd, Richard E., edited by Raimund E. Goerler (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1998), 161 pp., cloth, ISBN0814208002, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210, 800 437-4439. Did Byrd really fly over the North Pole first? The editor, OSU archivist, discovered these in 1996 while cataloging Byrd's papers. But they seem to only muddy the waters even more rather than clarifying the controversy. |
| To the Top of Denali: Climbing Adventures on North America's Highest Peak | Sherwonit, Bill. (Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, c. 1990, 2000), 368 pp., ISBN 0882405322, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, P.O. Box 10306, Portland, OR 97296-0306. Tenth anniversary edition of classic anthology of McKinley stories. |
| Tongass: Alaska's vanishing rain forest | Ketchum, Robert Glenn. / New York, NY: Aperture Foundation, 1994. 112p. Revised and expanded edition with new preface by Steve Kallick. Documents the struggle to save the Tongass. Beautiful color photos. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN0893816000. LC94-72301. |
| Tongass: Pulp Politics and the Fight for the Alaska Rain Forest | Durbin, Kathie. (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, c1999), 328 pp., paper, ISBN 087071466X , 101 Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-6407. Environmental advocate's account of the history of two pulp mills in Southeast Alaska that harvested low-cost timber from the Tongass National Forest from their establishment after World War II to the present and the ecological, political, and social consequences of their rise and fall. |
| Tordrillo: Pioneer Climbs and Flights in the Tordrillo Mountains of Alaska, 1957-1997 | Wilson, Rodman.(Anchorage: Todd Communications, 1999) 220 pp., cloth, ISBN: 1578330939, available from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage AK 99501. A compendium of tales of exploration, pioneer flights and climbs and of the people who made them--splashed liberally with pictures. A reference or source book for anyone who becomes intrigued with this little-known, yet not remote, domain of rock and ice, located across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. |
| Tracks and landfalls of Bering and Chirikof on the northwest coast of America | Davidson, George. / Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1994. 44 p. Reprint of 1901 publication which attempts to identity the landfalls of Bering and Chirikof in the 18th century. ISBN0877705275. LC94-2736. |
| Tracks of the Unseen: Meditations on Alaska Wildlife, Landscape, and Photography | Jans, Nick. (Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum, c2000), 164 pp., cloth, plus postage, ISBN 1555914489, 16100 Table Mountain Parkway, Suite 300, Golden, CO 80403. Essays on wilderness and man's presence in Alaska by an award-winning author. |
| Trade and Commerce in Alaska's Past: Papers Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alaska Historical Society, Kodiak, Alaska, November 3-5,1994 | (Anchorage: Alaska Historical Society, 1994), 66 p., ISBN 0940521032, comb-bound, P.O. Box 100299, Anchorage, AK 99510-0299. Five papers presented at the conference. wln96-155345. |
| Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 | Mackie, Richard S. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1997), 420 pp., cloth, ISBN 0774805595, 6344 Memorial Road, Vancouver, BC V6T lZ2. LC97-144799. History of fur trade in British Columbia and rest of Northwest Coast. |
| Trail of a Sourdough: Life in Alaska |
by May Kellogg Sullivan, Gorham Press, Boston. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| Trail to the Klondike | McCune, Don. (Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1997), 114 pp., cloth, ISBN0874221439 or paper, ISBN0874221447, PO Box 645910, Pullman, WA 99164-5910. LC97-735. In late 1960s, author and his television crew retraced the stampeders trail to commemorate the Yukon Gold Rush of 1897-98; includes over 120 historical illustrations by gold rush stampeder/photographer Eric Hegg. |
| Trailing and Camping in Alaska | Powell, Addison. (Valdez: Prince William Sound Books, 1997), 240 pp., paper, ISBN 1-87900-06-0, P.O. Box 1313, Valdez, AK 99686. Wln97-343644. Reprint of a 1909 classic by an Army surveyor in the Valdez and Copper River area, with new preface by Jim and Nancy Lethcoe. |
| Transforming the Culture of Schools: Yupik Eskimo Examples | Lipka, Jerry. (Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998), 246 pp., cloth, ISBN0805828206, or paperback, ISBN0805828214, 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430. Addresses issues of equity and school transformation, and shows how one indigenous minority teachers' group transformed schooling in their community. |
| Transition from Shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska | Mousalimas, S. A. (Providence, RI: Berghahn Books, 1994), 272 p., ISBN 1571810064, cloth, 165 Taber Avenue, Providence, RI 02906. Examines "the early contacts with Russians in this region and the social changes that occurred through the interplay of continuity and transformation." LC 94-036777. |
| Transmission Difficulties | Maud, Ralph. (Burnaby, BC: Talonbooks, 2000), 174 pp., paper, ISBN 0889224307, #104, 3100 Production Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 4R4, distributed in US by General Distribution Services Inc., 4500 Witmer Industrial Estates, Niagara Fall, NY, 14305-1386. Study of Franz Boas's translations of the stories he gathered from the Tsimshian Henry Tate. |
| Traveller's Guide to Northern British Columbia | Coates, Ken, and Carin Holroyd. (Prince George, B.C.: Caitlin Press, 1995), 285 p., ISBN 0920576567, Harbour Publishing P.O. Box 219, Madeira Park, B.C., Canada, VON2HO. Guidebook by noted historian. LC 95-232984. |
| Travels Among the Dena: Exploring Alaska's Yukon Valley | De Laguna, Frederica. (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000), 369 pp., cloth, ISBN 029597902X, P.O. Box 50096, Seattle, WA 98145-5094. Archeological reconnaissance of the middle and lower Yukon River in 1935, illustrated with photos and maps and integrated with reports of earlier explorers. |
| Trip to Alaska: A Narrative of what was seen and heard during a summer cruise in Alaska Waters |
by George Wardman, 1884. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| Triumph over turbulence | Magoffin, Jim. / Anchorage, AK: s.n., 1993. 64p. Biography of a contemporary bush pilot and founder of Interior Airway. Magoffin's look focuses especially on the era of Alaskan aviation in the oil boom period. Includes index. ISBN0963780603. wln94-23127. |
| Troll King: Glimpses of a Unique Southeast Alaska Lifestyle | Sabella, John. (Seattle, WA: John Sabella & Associates, 1997), 143 pp., paper, ISBN0925720190, po Box 17392, Seattle, WA 98107. wln97128434. Profiles Keane Gau who stalked salmon with hook and line in the wilds of Southeast Alaska. |
| True North: The Yukon and Northwest Territories | Morrison, William R. (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1998), 202 pp., paper, order from Mac's Fireweed Books, 203 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2B2. Part of the "Illustrated History of Canada" series, written by a history professor from the University of Northern British Columbia. |
| Tsimshian Culture: A Light Through the Ages | Miller, Jay. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997), 202 pp., cloth, ISBN 080323192X. LC96-035895, 312 N. Lincoln Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0484. Explores the intricacies of the Tsimshian culture with special emphasis, because of personal experience, on the Southern Tsimshian. |
| Tsunamis affecting Alaska, 1737-1996 | Lander, James F. (Boulder, Colo.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center, 1996), 195 p., paper, (325 Broadway, E/GC4, Dept. 988, Boulder, CO 80303-3328). wln97126645. Catalog of known tsunamis in historic time, including extensive background, sources, charts, dates plus explanation of plate tectonics and the complexity of studying tsunamis in Alaska. |
| Ttheek'adn Ut'iin Yaaniida' Qonign' = Old-time stories of the Scottie Creek people: stories told in Upper Tanana Athabaskan | Tyone, Mary. transcribed and edited by James Kari. (Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996), 87 p., paper, ISBN1555000592 (PO Box757680, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680). wln96-269397. Oral history and folklore of the Scottie Creek Athapaskans in the original language with English translation. |
| Tu Zil Man: Fish Lake: uncovering the past | Gotthardt, Ruth Magrit, and Greg Hare. / Whitehorse, Y.T.: Kwanlin Dun First Nation, 1994. 36p. Yukon Heritage Branch Archaeologists document the history of Fish Lake, just 15 kilometers from Whitehorse. wln94-283418. |
| Two Women in the Klondike: The Story of a Journey to the Gold-Fields of Alaska | by Mary E. Hitchcock, New York, G.P. Putnam Sons |
| Two Years in the Klondike and Alaskan Gold-Fields, 1896-1898: Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Gold Mines and Camps | Haskell, William B. (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1998), 578 pp., cloth, ISBN1889963011, or paperback, ISBN1889963003 (Classic reprint series, no. 5), University of Alaska Press, P.O. Box 756240, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6240. Back in print after 100 years, this major autobiographical work of an eyewitness account of the Klondike stampede is now accompanied by a new preface by the series editor, Terrence Cole. |
