Alaska - James A. Michener & Steve Berry

Alaska

By James A. Michener & Steve Berry

  • Release Date: 1988-05-12
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 245 Ratings

Description

In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, Alaska traces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.
 
Praise for Alaska
 
“Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . Alaska takes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”Los Angeles Times Book Review
 
“Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”Boston Herald
 
“Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”The New York Times

Reviews

  • Alaska

    5
    By Purebull
    Love this book. He starts from the beginning of the land itself. Follows the men, tribes, nations, creatures, forces of nature. Good, bad, all together in a vast scope of history in a vast land. Details and information all presented by an author of great ability.
  • Alaska

    5
    By Sal Iodice
    I loved this book. However, the last paragraph was a very sad surprise, while it was an achievement it was a sad ending.
  • Astounding story-telling

    5
    By Economan1
    Anyone who takes an Alaskan cruise would seriously enjoy this book, as it tells the history of all the places you stop to see. It is a fascinating history of Alaska, brought to life as only Michener can with fictional characters in an historical setting. It is an extremely long book but I never tired of reading it and was sad when it finished. I can easily give this book my highest recommendation. I now want to go back to see Alaska again. James Michener: master writer and storyteller!
  • Alaska

    5
    By Duraace10
    A great read. It made my trip to Alaska even more interesting.