Title Wildest Alaska : Journeys of Great Peril in Lituya Bay

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages) Contents COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE; I. BEGlNNINGS; II. THE PALCE; III. THE TLINGITS; IV. THE FRENCH; V. THE RUSSIANS; VI. THE AMERICANS; VII. THE WAVE; VIII. THE PRESENT; IX. TOMALES BAY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SOURCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y Summary Natural forces have always dominated Lituya Bay on the Gulf of Alaska coast. Fascinated by the threads of violence woven through the natural and human histories of the bay, Philip Fradkin set out on an odyssey through recorded human history to explore the dark and unyielding side of nature Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Fradkin, Philip L. -- Travel -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Fradkin, Philip L. -- Travel -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Region SUBJECT Fradkin, Philip L. fast Subject Natural history -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Natural history -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Region Natural disasters -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay -- History Natural disasters -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Region -- History Violence -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay -- History Violence -- Alaska -- Lituya Bay Region -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. NATURE -- Ecology. Ethnic relations Natural disasters Natural history Travel Violence SUBJECT Lituya Bay (Alaska) -- History Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) -- History Lituya Bay (Alaska) -- Ethnic relations Lituya Bay Region (Alaska) -- Ethnic relations Subject Alaska -- Lituya Bay Region Pacific Ocean -- Lituya Bay Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520930285 0520930282 9780520239067 0520239067

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