Footprints across Alaska (dedikált példány)

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ralph J. Ellis was born in Waterloo, Iowa in 1917. He attended Oregon State University, and then entered the civil service, his first position being with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Mr. Ellis was drafted into the Army in World War II and served with the 75th Division in Europe.
In 1962, he was transferred to the Bureau of Land Management and moved to Alaska to work as a "cadastral surveyor," retiring in 1972. Until 1977, Mr. Ellis worked as a licensed surveyor with his own business.
In 1979, Mr. Ellis and his wife, Betty, moved to Whidbey Island in Washington's Puget Sound.
CARLTON PRESS, INC.—NEW YORK, N.Y.
FOOTPRINTS ACROSS ALASKA
by
Ralph J. Ellis
Derided as "Seward's Folly" at the time of its purchase from the Russian czar, the vast territory of Alaska has become perhaps the most interesting and certainly the most natural resource-laden state in the Union. In his book, Footprints Across Alaska, Ralph J. Ellis describes the breathtaking scenery, the... Tovább

Fülszöveg

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ralph J. Ellis was born in Waterloo, Iowa in 1917. He attended Oregon State University, and then entered the civil service, his first position being with the Bureau of Reclamation.
Mr. Ellis was drafted into the Army in World War II and served with the 75th Division in Europe.
In 1962, he was transferred to the Bureau of Land Management and moved to Alaska to work as a "cadastral surveyor," retiring in 1972. Until 1977, Mr. Ellis worked as a licensed surveyor with his own business.
In 1979, Mr. Ellis and his wife, Betty, moved to Whidbey Island in Washington's Puget Sound.
CARLTON PRESS, INC.—NEW YORK, N.Y.
FOOTPRINTS ACROSS ALASKA
by
Ralph J. Ellis
Derided as "Seward's Folly" at the time of its purchase from the Russian czar, the vast territory of Alaska has become perhaps the most interesting and certainly the most natural resource-laden state in the Union. In his book, Footprints Across Alaska, Ralph J. Ellis describes the breathtaking scenery, the remote Eskimo villages, the wildlife that is unique to the 49th state.
For the better part of its history, though, Alaska was so lightly regarded that no one even bothered to survey it. Ellis and the crews under his direction were among those to attempt this mammoth undertaking, and along the way, they had many memorable experiences with the creatures of the wild: brown bears, husky sled dogs, not to mention the occasional drunk and disorderly outdoorsman.
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Ellis and his wife and children lived through it all, including the 1964 Good Friday earthquake, which was the most powerful ever to hit the United States and left portions of the city of Anchorage devastated.
Footprints Across Alaska is a mar-velousy entertaining and informative book by a man who treasures what is still, almost 20 years after his adventures there, our country's most uncharted, unspoiled wilderness. Vissza