Author: Rex Beach
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-11-09
Total Pages: 91
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rex Beach in this book "The Looting Of Alaska" talks about the involvement of politicians in the excessive mining of resources in Nome. It reveals the story behind the governmental policy and reckless involvement of policymakers which led to the failure of preserving available resources in the area. A historical book for those interested in the ways of the law of the state.
Author: Daniel Alexander Sutherland
Publisher:
Published: 1923
Total Pages: 15
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas Alton
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 1602233845
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Alaska emerged from obscurity in the late 1890s, and the growth of its population and economy occurred during an era of Progressive change when the centers of power were shifting from giant business conglomerates to government-mandated regulation and socio-economic reform. The territory benefitted greatly, but progress arrived piecemeal over the course of decades. The pioneers were eager to see Alaska develop. They wanted systems of transportation, communication, and effective law, and they wanted them now. When Congress was slow to act, Alaskans responded with cries of neglect and abuse, and those complaints festered and persisted. Such feelings were not wrong or misplaced. Alaskans living in the moment had no way of peering into the future. But from today's perspective we can see that over time Alaska as both a territory and a state has been enriched far more than neglected or abused by the United States government. The journalist and the historian view the same events through different colored glasses. Each writer brings a unique point of view, and it is these fresh interpretations that keep history alive and vital."--Provided by publisher.
Author: Steven L. Piott
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-05-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1493058657
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →During the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century a growing number of ordinary citizens had the feeling that all was not as it should be. Men who were making money made prodigious amounts, but this new wealth somehow passed over the heads of the common people. As this new breed of journalists began to examine their subjects with scrutiny, they soon discovered that those individuals were essentially “simple men of extraordinary boldness.” And it was easy to understand how they were able to accomplish their sinister purposes: “at first abruptly and bluntly, by asking and giving no quarter, and later with the same old determination and ruthlessness but with educated satellites who were glad to explain and idealize their behavior.”[i] “Nothing is lost save honor,” said one infamous buccaneer, and that was an attitude that governed the amoral principles and extralegal actions of many audacious scoundrels. Relying on secondary sources, magazine and newspaper articles, and personal accounts from those involved, this volume captures some of the sensational true stories that took place in the western United States during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century. The theme that runs through each of the stories is the general contempt for the law that seemed to pervade the culture at the time and the consuming desire to acquire wealth at any cost—what Geoffrey C. Ward has called “the disposition to be rich.” End Notes Introduction [i]Louis Filler, Crusaders for American Liberalism (Yellow Springs, OH: Antioch Press, 1964), 14.
Author: United States. Congress
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 1410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author: James Wickersham
Publisher: Cordova, Alaska : Cordova daily times print
Published: 1927
Total Pages: 670
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains the titles of all histories, travels, voyages, newspapers, periodicals, public documents, etc., printed in English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, etc., relating to, descriptive of, or published in Russian America or Alaska, from 1724 to and including 1924.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 1939
Total Pages: 772
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