Alaska

Master storyteller James Michener reveals Alaska in all its awesome sweeping majesty. From the near-forgotten past to the highly technological present from self-defense to self-determination here are the men and women who tried to tame the land seize its bounty and lay claim to the elusive spirit that holds native and visitor spellbound. A stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world ALASKA claims a bold heritage of survival against all odds. "Michener has done a fine job....Few will escape the allure of the land and people he describes." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVEIW