On Time Delivery : the Dog Team Mail Carriers.

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From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and widespread adoption of aviation, many of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, William S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2012.
Temas:
Dogsled mail > Alaska > History.
Letter carriers > Alaska > Biography.
Mushers > Alaska > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska.
Community life > Alaska > History.
Service postal par traîneau à chiens > Alaska > Histoire.
Facteurs (Postes) > Alaska > Biographies.
Conducteurs de traîneau à chiens > Alaska > Biographies.
Communauté > Alaska > Histoire.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
Community life
Dogsled mail
Frontier and pioneer life
Letter carriers
Manners and customs
Mushers
Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > History, Local.
Alaska > Social life and customs.
Alaska > Biographies.
Alaska > Histoire locale.
Alaska > Mœurs et coutumes.
Alaska
Biographies
History
Local history
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1. Origin of the Mail Trails; 2. Evolution of the Mail Trail System; 3. Life on the Trail; 4. "Nenana Was the Hub"; 5. Circle and Beyond; 6. The Aviators; 7. Homeland of the Old-Timers; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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