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Aunt Phil's Trunk 1960-1984 Volume Five

by Phyllis Downing Carlson Author, Laurel Downing Bill Author

This fifth book in the Aunt Phil's Trunk Alaska history series hightlights the first 25 years of statehood through short stories and hundreds of historical photographs. Not only did the optimistic citizens of the Great Land create a government from scratch in just a few years, they also dealt with many challenges

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Resource Type: book
ISBN: 978-1-940479-26-2
Print Status: In Print
chapters: 42
Pages: 458
Suggested Grades: 4th - 12th
Geographical Setting: Alaska
Historical Setting: 1960 - 1984
Publisher: Aunt Phil's Trunk LLC
Edition: Second
Copyright: 2015
Written: 2015

chapters

1 The People's Governor
2 Move the Capital
3 First State Legislature
4 From Forest to Flagpole
5 Post Article Causes Concern
6 Blue Canoes Make Debut
7 The Lost Alaskans
8 Good Friday 1964
9 Anchorage Hit Hard
10 Wild Waves Bash Whittier
11 Seawater Seeps Into Portage
12 Alaska Railroad Damaged
13 Seward Burns
14 Valdez Washed Away
15 Chenega Destroyed
16 Cordova and Other Small Towns
17 Tidal Waves Overtake Kodiak
18 Villages Near Kodiak in Ruins
19 Alaskans Learn They're Not Alone
20 Rebuilding Better Than Before
21 Homesteaders Head North
22 Who Owns the Land?
23 Rock, Native Unity and Land Claims
24 Natives Must Prove Land Use
25 Black Gold Found On North Slope
26 Deadhorse Rises in the Arctic
27 Plans for a Pipeline Progress
28 Pipeline Snakes Across Alaska
29 Iceworm Revives Cordova
30 The Painting Pachyderm
31 Betty the Firetruck
32 A Great Race is Born
33 Cordova Burns
34 Floodwaters Fill Fairbanks
35 Congressmen Disappear
36 Massage Parlor Murders
37 Anchorage Dancers Become Prey
38 The Mail Day Murders
39 Massacre At Manley
40 1960s: In the News
41 1970s: In the News
42 1980s: In the News

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