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Classic and Favorite Alaskana Books

These are some of our all-time favorites for great reading whether you are visiting Alaska for the first time or have lived here for years. You'll find many famous Alaskans in these pages! And great fiction, too.

Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic Cover Image

Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic (Paperback)

By Jennifer Niven
$24.99
ISBN: 9780786887460
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Published: Hachette Books - November 3rd, 2004
Alaska's Three Bears (PAWS IV) Cover Image

Alaska's Three Bears (PAWS IV) (Paperback)

By Shelley Gill, Shannon Cartwright (Illustrator)
$11.99
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ISBN: 9780934007115
Published: Little Bigfoot - July 29th, 1997
Coming into the Country Cover Image

Coming into the Country (Paperback)

By John McPhee
$21.00
ISBN: 9780374522872
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - April 1st, 1991
Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People Cover Image

Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People (Paperback)

By William L. Iggiagruk Hensley
$19.00
ISBN: 9780312429362
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Published: Picador - March 2nd, 2010
Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich Cover Image

Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich (Paperback)

By Annie Boochever, Roy Peratrovich, Jr.
$18.95
ISBN: 9781602233706
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Published: University of Alaska Press - February 16th, 2019
Mama, Do You Love Me? Board Book: (Children's Storytime Book, Arctic and Wild Animal Picture Book, Native American Books for Toddlers) (Mama Do You Love Me) Cover Image

Mama, Do You Love Me? Board Book: (Children's Storytime Book, Arctic and Wild Animal Picture Book, Native American Books for Toddlers) (Mama Do You Love Me) (Board book)

By Barbara Joosse
$7.99
ISBN: 9780811821315
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Published: Chronicle Books - July 1st, 1998
Minus 148 Degrees: First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley, Anniversary Edition Cover Image

Minus 148 Degrees: First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley, Anniversary Edition (Paperback)

By Art Davidson
$19.95
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ISBN: 9781594857553
Published: Mountaineers Books - April 11th, 2013
One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey Cover Image

One Man's Wilderness, 50th Anniversary Edition: An Alaskan Odyssey (Paperback)

By Richard Louis Proenneke, Sam Keith, Nick Offerman (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781513261645
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Published: Alaska Northwest Books - September 11th, 2018
The Snow Child: A Novel Cover Image

The Snow Child: A Novel (Paperback)

By Eowyn Ivey
$19.99
ISBN: 9780316175661
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Published: Back Bay Books - November 6th, 2012
Thunderfeet: Alaska's Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Critters (PAWS IV) Cover Image

Thunderfeet: Alaska's Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Critters (PAWS IV) (Paperback)

By Shelley Gill, Shannon Cartwright (Illustrator)
$11.99
ISBN: 9780934007191
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Published: Little Bigfoot - July 29th, 1997
Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness Cover Image

Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness (Mass Market)

By Robert Specht
$9.99
ISBN: 9780553265965
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Published: Bantam - July 1st, 1984
Two in the Far North, Revised Edition: A Conservation Champion's Story of Life, Love, and Adventure in the Wilderness Cover Image

Two in the Far North, Revised Edition: A Conservation Champion's Story of Life, Love, and Adventure in the Wilderness (Paperback)

By Margaret E. Murie, Frances Beinecke (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781513262758
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Published: Alaska Northwest Books - March 10th, 2020
Two Old Women [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival Cover Image

Two Old Women [Anniversary Edition]: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (Paperback)

By Velma Wallis
$15.99
ISBN: 9780062244987
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Published: Harper Perennial - November 5th, 2013
Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of the Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska Cover Image

Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of the Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska (Paperback)

By Corey Ford
$17.99
ISBN: 9780882403946
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Published: Alaska Northwest Books - June 1st, 2003
Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Cover Image

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod (Paperback)

By Gary Paulsen
$17.99
ISBN: 9780156001458
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Published: Mariner Books - February 17th, 1995