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Handbook Of Alaska, Its Resources, Products, And Attractions In 1924. GREELY, U.S.A., MAJOR-GENERAL A. W.

Handbook Of Alaska, Its Resources, Products, And Attractions In 1924.

GREELY, U.S.A., MAJOR-GENERAL A. W.

Other works by GREELY, U.S.A., MAJOR-GENERAL A. W.

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, New York

Third edition. Original green cloth, x [2], 330 pp., preface to the third edition, illustrated, maps, index. Published originally in 1909, this edition has been practically rewritten and presents Alaska as it was in 1924. New chapters treat such subjects as fur farming, fur seals, reindeer, forests, volcanoes, and reorganized transportation. New trends as they apply to coal and oil lands ade discussed with reference to recent leasing laws. The rapidly changing conditions of gold mining, placer and quartz are treated fully for thirty-four separate districts. New growth has also been accounted for the area. Very good without dust jacket.

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