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
Main Author: Fradkin, Philip L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Fradkin, Philip L.
Fradkin, Philip L. > Travel > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region.
Fradkin, Philip L. > Travel > Alaska > Lituya Bay.
Violence.
Travel.
Natural history.
Natural disasters.
Ethnic relations.
NATURE > Ecology.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya, Baie > Histoire.
Catastrophes naturelles > Alaska > Lituya, Baie > Histoire.
Sciences naturelles > Alaska > Lituya, Baie.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region > History.
Violence > Alaska > Lituya Bay > History.
Natural disasters > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region > History.
Natural disasters > Alaska > Lituya Bay > History.
Natural history > Alaska > Lituya Bay Region.
Natural history > Alaska > Lituya Bay.
Pacific Ocean > Lituya Bay.
Alaska > Lituya Bay Region.
Lituya, Baie (Alaska) > Relations interethniques.
Lituya, Baie (Alaska) > Histoire.
Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) > Ethnic relations.
Lituya Bay (Alaska) > Ethnic relations.
Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) > History.
Lituya Bay (Alaska) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
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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