Colby, Merle
A Guide to Alaska, Last American Frontier.
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Seller ID: 1813 New York: MacMillan, 1942. Later edition (pp. lxx, 427, index). Octavo (21.5 cm) in blue publisher's cloth, gilt titles to cover and spine; folding transportation map in rear pocket, more than 100 photo illustrations. A WPF writer's project as a traveller's guide to Alaska which tends to 'normalize' the exotic outpost of the American empire (They grow cabagges just like in New Jersey) and suggests getting from here to there wasn't all that troublesome. Published just a few years before the Alaska Highway was built during WW II. A Fine copy. Price: $30.00
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