wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Long Hard Trails and Sled Dog Tales: My adventures in tracking dogteams across Alaska, and what I learned along the way
ISBN: 9780984397778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Long Hard Trails and Sled Dog Tales is a memoir of sorts, an adventure story to be sure, and a look at what it's like to follow a winning sled dog team across thousands of miles of Arctic wilderness. Award-winning author Helen Hegener hitched her wagon to a star: The legendary four-time Iditarod and Yukon Quest champion Lance Mackey, beginning with his bid for a fourth Yukon Quest title in 2008. For the next several years she followed Lance and dozens of other mushers, many of whom became close friends, across Alaska and the Yukon Territory. She founded Northern Light Media, which produced...
Long Hard Trails and Sled Dog Tales is a memoir of sorts, an adventure story to be sure, and a look at what it's like to follow a winning sled dog tea...
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90,62 zł |
Alaskan Sled Dog Tales: True Stories of the Steadfast Companions of the North Country
ISBN: 9780692668474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The history of Alaska would be very different without the criss-crossing trails of thousands of dog teams, for the story of the Last Frontier was in large part written behind a team of sled dogs. 'Alaskan Sled Dog Tales' shares the important history of sled dogs in the Territory of Alaska, and how dogteams were an integral part of events such as the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, explorations of the land before there were roads or railroads, and the thrilling adventures of legendary mushers such as Leonhard Seppala, Harry Karstens, Jujiro Wada, 'Iron Man" Johnson, Arthur Treadwell Walden, the...
The history of Alaska would be very different without the criss-crossing trails of thousands of dog teams, for the story of the Last Frontier was in l...
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113,33 zł |
The Matanuska Colony Album: Photographs of the 1935 Matanuska Colony Project
ISBN: 9780984397792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,33 zł |
The Beautiful Matanuska Valley: From the Matanuska Glacier to Point Mackenzie, and from the Knik Glacier to the Little Susitna River
ISBN: 9780984397754 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A photographic exploration of Alaska's Matanuska Valley. The founding, settling, and development, details about the Valley's geography, geology, transportation, agriculture, mining, recreation, tourism, and history. Highlighted by hundreds of full-color photographs, this book showcases the many wonders of the beautiful Matanuska Valley.
A photographic exploration of Alaska's Matanuska Valley. The founding, settling, and development, details about the Valley's geography, geology, trans...
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136,04 zł |
The Alaska Railroad: 1902 to 1923: Blazing an Iron Trail across the Great Land
ISBN: 9781542329941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,33 zł |
Along Alaskan Trails: Adventures in Sled Dog History
ISBN: 9780984397730 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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63,59 zł |
The 1935 Matanuska Colony Project: The Remarkable History of a New Deal Experiment in Alaska
ISBN: 9780984397785 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,33 zł |
The Stained Glass Dog Team: The Mystery Behind a Craftsman's Contribution to the History of Seattle
ISBN: 9781500498443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,33 zł |
Alaskan Roadhouses: Shelter, Meals and Lodging Along Alaska's Early Roads and Trails
ISBN: 9781517785635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the earliest tent-style roadhouses to today's picturesque roadside lodges, Alaskan roadhouses are a colorful reminder of the state's past, and many are still an important part of Alaska's transportation network. From the Valdez-to-Fairbanks Trail to the Iditarod Trail, from snowy routes over the frozen rivers and across the farthest reaches of the northland, the roadhouses were there offering a warm meal and a place to rest for weary travelers. This book shares the history, photographs, maps, artwork, and articles about these iconic Alaskan structures through the adventurous stories of...
From the earliest tent-style roadhouses to today's picturesque roadside lodges, Alaskan roadhouses are a colorful reminder of the state's past, and ma...
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113,33 zł |
"A Mighty Nice Place": The History of Alaska's 1935 Matanuska Colony Project
ISBN: 9781539698951 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the spring of 1935 the U.S. government took a direct hand in the future of Alaska when it offered 203 Depression-distraught farm families in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin an opportunity to begin again in a far-off land, with government financing and support. The Matanuska Colony Project was part of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal for America, an unprecedented series of economic programs designed to provide "Relief, Recovery, and Reform" to people reeling from the Great Depression. Nearly one hundred new communities were designed and developed by Roosevelt's planners,...
In the spring of 1935 the U.S. government took a direct hand in the future of Alaska when it offered 203 Depression-distraught farm families in Michig...
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109,01 zł |
Alaska & The Klondike: Early Writings and Historic Photographs: Selected Photographs and Excerpts from Early Books about Alaska and the Klond
ISBN: 9781717401991 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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113,33 zł |
All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race - 1908-2008
ISBN: 9780984397716 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The historic All Alaska Sweepstakes sled dog race is the subject of The All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race 1908-2008, by Helen Hegener. Dozens of beautiful photos by Jan DeNapoli, Joe May, Donna Quante and others tell the story of the sixteen Alaskan mushers who entered their teams, each hoping to have their name engraved on the Sweepstakes trophy beside the great mushing legends "Scotty" Allan and Leonhard Seppala; and, of course, they were racing for the richest purse ever offered for a sled dog race: $100,000.00 winner-take-all The All Alaska Sweepstakes is the...
The historic All Alaska Sweepstakes sled dog race is the subject of The All Alaska Sweepstakes: History of the Great Sled Dog Race 1908-2008, by Helen...
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154,43 zł |
The Yukon Quest Trail: 1,000 Miles Across Northern Alaska and the Yukon Territory
ISBN: 9780692340431 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race spans some of the harshest and most beautiful winter territory anywhere: 1,000 miles between Fairbanks, Alaska and the city of Whitehorse in Canada's Yukon Territory. Known as 'The World's Toughest Sled Dog Race, ' it's an event like no other. Run every February, the race is phenomenally challenging, crossing four mountain ranges, including the dangerous and intimidating 3,685-foot Eagle Summit, as it loosely follows the course of the mighty Yukon River. This book by Alaskan author Helen Hegener takes readers checkpoint by checkpoint from Fairbanks...
The Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race spans some of the harshest and most beautiful winter territory anywhere: 1,000 miles between Fairbanks, Al...
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131,72 zł |
The Matanuska Colony Barns: The Enduring Legacy of the 1935 Matanuska Colony Project
ISBN: 9780984397747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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131,72 zł |