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The Clara Nevada: Gold, Greed, Murder and Alaska's$12.34February 5, 1898. Witnesses report a giant orange fireball reflected in the glacial waters of Alaska's Lynn Canal. At the height of Klondike gold fever, the Clara Nevada disappeared into an epic storm--taking passengers and priceless cargo with it. Was the explosion an accident or a robbery gone wrong? Did Captain C.H. Lewis make off with $165,000 ($13.6 million in today's currency) in raw gold? Or was the sinking a case of a sea-weary steamer meeting an untimely end? Alaska historian Steven C.
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Telling It All My Life As A Con Man$11.35"Men like me are looking to take your money. We don't care about you. If you don't care about us, I can guarantee that one day we will take everything you have." Dave Gray (Alabama Fats) Alabama Fats is a real person. For more than half a century his job was to con people on the streets of America out of their money - and he was VERY good at it. Every line in this book is true. That was the way he wanted it.
Cowboys of the Sky: The Story of Alaska's Bush Pilots$18.49For more than 80 years, bush pilots have carried supplies, delivered mail, and transported emergency personnel over Alaska's rugged terrain. They've flown with felons handcuffed to the seat, with corpses strapped to the wing, and with drugged polar bears sleeping in the cargo compartment. Ever since aviation came to Alaska planes have been far more important than cars or truck to the residents of the far-flung bush communities.
Boom and Bust in the Alaska Goldfields: A Mult$29.94In this lively narrative with its numerous illustrations and photographs, Steven C. Levi captures the color and the riches of the Alaska Gold Rush and tells the stories of the larger-than-life characters who lived the adventure. The Alaska Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century was the last great fit of gold fever in North America. Men and women—including African Americans, Portuguese, Japanese, Italians, and Chinese—all rushed north.
Alascattalo Tales: A Treasury of Alaskan Humor$55.76Strange and humorous tales of Alaskan practices, personages, events, sayings, and wit. McFarland & Company, 1993. Trade Paperback.
The Committee of Vigilance : The Law and Order$49.95THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE : The Law and Order Committee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and Its War Against the Left, 1916 - 1919 Description:In THE COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE Steven Levi discusses and analyzes the rise and fall of the last of the old western vigilance committees---and the rise of the first modern American committee devoted to ferreting out Un- American activities among the laboring poor,union leaders, progressive politicians and social activists.