Insightful new look at ‘Seward’s Folly’
An outstanding history lesson, “Seward’s Folly” reminds us that America doesn’t exist in a bubble and that even what we have done on our own continent has global ramifications.
Books
Reading the North: ‘Melting the Ice Curtain’
Just a few miles apart, Russia and Alaska have been linked since the Alaska purchase in 1867.
Can we safeguard wild salmon for future generations?
Author Langdon Cook travels from Alaska's Copper River to Idaho, California and Seattle to explore the West Coast world of wild salmon.
Entertaining ‘Shadow Run’ lacks character development that would make it special
The debut science fiction work by Palmer authors AdriAnne Strickland and Michael Miller can be a page-turner. But there's nothing groundbreaking here.
If you can ignore the errors and over-dramatization, ‘Angie Piper’ works
First-time novelist Chris Riley sinks and swims in story of unlikely friendship aboard an Alaska commercial fishing boat.
Quirky, lovable Southeast characters make 'Piano Tide' memorable
This is a remarkable book, a remarkable story, and if at times the Alaska landscape threatens to eclipse the characters, so be it.
Emerging Alaska poet Ishmael Hope delivers work of imagery, emotion
Author is also a documentary director, an actor, a video game writer — and he covers a broad swath of intellectual and geographical landscapes.
Hustle and acumen keep improbable Alaska book publisher alive
As the book business struggles, one publisher has kept going for decades with a warehouse of volumes and new Alaska titles every year.
Long-missing ships of Franklin's Arctic expedition have been found, but mysteries remain
Generation after generation, people have devoted much of their lives trying to learn what befell the Franklin expedition.
New edition of 'Hiking Alaska' offers more routes, more color
The third edition is 100 pages longer and chock-full of color maps and photos.
McGuire delivers another gem with 'Rough Crossing'
The Alaskan's writing is well-crafted and lyrical, a joy to read. She delivers lively scenes in all their beauty and brutality.
Illuminating the shameful incarceration of Juneau's Japanese-American citizens
"Quiet Defiance: Alaska's Empty Chair Story" tells a story through two Japanese-American families living in Juneau before and after World War II.
Alaska's rough-hewn pioneer judges, lawyers
During Alaska's early days as a state, lawyers wrote their own rules, and their style in the courtroom was often more important than the substance of their argument.
This is what happened to the arsonist charged in the 1966 Lane Hotel Fire
Queries to police, fire and corrections officials had turned up dead ends, but one man knew the answer.
Author of controversial book on Indian extermination in California speaks in Anchorage
Benjamin Madley’s new book, “An American Genocide,” takes the position that the atrocities of California were supported by the state and federal government.
Anchorage soldier-scholar’s book about little-known Falklands War becomes surprise hit in military circles
What does this not-so-tidy little war have to do with America? Plenty, according to Maj. Gen. Kenneth I. Privratsky (retired) of Anchorage.
Author of Alaska 'Hoops' tales wins international award for e-book
Becky Hatcher Crabtree received an honorable mention in the Erik Hoffer Awards.
California writer does Homer justice in satisfying new novel
Its not often that writers from outside Alaska make the effort to understand and convey the hold our state has on those who live here. Halverson has delivered a recognizable version of ourselves within her larger, very satisfying story about strength of character and the power of love.
Reading the North: Preserving the 'Wild' of the Far North
'Our Perfect Wild' documents efforts of Ray, Barbara Bane to preserve wildlands in Alaska.
Reading the North: My Coyote Nose
A new children's book takes a trip into the Alaska wilderness, not far off from the reality of the book's author, who has taken numerous backcountry adventures with her children in tow.