Wildest Alaska : Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay.

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Natural forces have always dominated Lituya Bay on the Gulf of Alaska coast. Fascinated by the threads of violence woven through the natural and human histories of the bay, Philip Fradkin set out on an odyssey through recorded human history to explore the dark and unyielding side of nature.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fradkin, Philip L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Fradkin, Philip L. > Travel > Alaska > Lituya Bay.
Fradkin, Philip L. > Travel > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region.
Fradkin, Philip L.
Natural history > Alaska > Lituya Bay.
Natural history > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region.
Natural disasters > Alaska > Lituya Bay > History.
Natural disasters > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region > History.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya Bay > History.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region > History.
Sciences naturelles > Alaska > Lituya, Baie.
Catastrophes naturelles > Alaska > Lituya, Baie > Histoire.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya, Baie > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
NATURE > Ecology.
Ethnic relations
Natural disasters
Natural history
Travel
Violence
Lituya Bay (Alaska) > History.
Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) > History.
Lituya Bay (Alaska) > Ethnic relations.
Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) > Ethnic relations.
Lituya, Baie (Alaska) > Histoire.
Lituya, Baie (Alaska) > Relations interethniques.
Alaska > Lituya Bay Region
Pacific Ocean > Lituya Bay
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; I. BEGlNNINGS; II. THE PALCE; III. THE TLINGITS; IV. THE FRENCH; V. THE RUSSIANS; VI. THE AMERICANS; VII. THE WAVE; VIII. THE PRESENT; IX. TOMALES BAY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SOURCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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