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Carpenter's World Travels: Alaska Our Northern Wonderland

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Carpenter's World Travels: Alaska Our Northern Wonderland

by Frank G. Carpenter

English· 08:46:25· 38 chapters
Early twentieth century travel book about Alaska with stories of major cities, Indian tribes, customs and geography of what would become our 49th state. - Summary by BettyB.
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Just a Word Before we Start

    06:14
  2. Chapter 2

    Ketchikan

    14:07
  3. Chapter 3

    The Town of the Good Indians

    12:39
  4. Chapter 4

    Alaska's Golden Fisheries

    18:43
  5. Chapter 5

    The Story of Seward's Ice Box

    22:09
  6. Chapter 6

    The Thlingets and the Hydahs

    13:01
  7. Chapter 7

    Totem Indians and Their Customs

    12:58
  8. Chapter 8

    Farm Lands of the Future

    16:37
  9. Chapter 9

    At Juneau

    14:58
  10. Chapter 10

    Treasures Under the Sea

    15:44
  11. Chapter 11

    The World's Greatest Glaciers

    15:25
  12. Chapter 12

    Skagway, Gateway to the Klondike

    16:56
  13. Chapter 13

    Over the Gold Seekers Trail

    14:31
  14. Chapter 14

    In the Yukon Flats

    16:09
  15. Chapter 15

    Winter Tales of Tanana

    15:55
  16. Chapter 16

    Hot Springs in Cold Lands

    10:27
  17. Chapter 17

    Fairbanks, the Chicago of Alaska

    16:21
  18. Chapter 18

    Homesteading Under the Arctic Circle

    12:46
  19. Chapter 19

    Thawing Fortunes Out of the Ice

    10:21
  20. Chapter 20

    Stories of Gold and Gold Miners

    11:34
  21. Chapter 21

    Among the Old Timers

    14:57
  22. Chapter 22

    From Fort Gibbon to the Sea

    08:33
  23. Chapter 23

    The City of Golden Sands

    13:22
  24. Chapter 24

    Creeks that Made Millionaires

    09:45
  25. Chapter 25

    The Dog Derby of Alaska

    13:52
  26. Chapter 26

    Reindeer Meat for American Markets

    14:40
  27. Chapter 27

    Among the Eskimos

    14:21
  28. Chapter 28

    School Republics of the Arctic

    13:05
  29. Chapter 29

    Fur Seals and Fox Farms

    16:16
  30. Chapter 30

    The Aleutian Islands

    19:12
  31. Chapter 31

    The City of Seward

    10:46
  32. Chapter 32

    Across Kenai on Horseback

    11:06
  33. Chapter 33

    Our Northern Game Preserve

    13:05
  34. Chapter 34

    The Biggest Thing in Alaska

    18:05
  35. Chapter 35

    Mount McKinley, the Most High

    13:23
  36. Chapter 36

    The Story of Kennecott

    11:27
  37. Chapter 37

    On the Copper River Railroad

    09:24
  38. Chapter 38

    Women on America's Last Frontier

    13:31