Alaska Curiosities (eBook)

Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

B. B. Mackenzie (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 1., First Edition
296 Seiten
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-0-7627-9460-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Alaska Curiosities is a good-naturedly humorous compendium of the state's quirks and characters, with wholesome Americana content that will appeal to the whole family.  A fun and accessible combination of almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette, Alaska Curiosities is great for travelers and non travelers alike.

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Whether you're a born-and-raised Alaskan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Alaska Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as B. B. Mackenzie takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Last Frontier State.Catch a glimpse of the ghost ship Clara Nevada, lost in a storm in 1898 while carrying a cargo of gold from the Klondike.Watch a baseball game on the longest day of the year in Fairbanks.Witness the Running of the Reindeer down 4th Avenue in Anchorageheld annually in March.

Autor

B. B. Mackenzie is the pseudonym for the author of ten Alaska books for children and adults.  An Alaskan for over thirty years, she lived in several villages in southwestern Alaska before moving to Fairbanks and then Anchorage. She blogs at 49writers.blogspot.com and retreats to a riverside cabin whenever she gets a chance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.6.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Curiosities Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Alaska • Pacific • West
• ISBN-10: 0-7627-9460-7 / 0762794607
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7627-9460-7 / 9780762794607