The history of Alaska told through historic photographs.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: PUBLISHING - Turner Publishing Inc. - Brief article

From its purchase from Imperial Russia in 1867 to its many gold rushes, its role in World War II, its road to statehood, to the oil boom of the 1970s, Dormer Cole's "Historic Photos of Alaska," published by Turner Publishing Historic Photos Series, rediscovers the 49th state's fascinating past through nearly...