Wpa [Federal Writers' Project] Colby, Merle,
Alaska Last American Frontier.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with moderate shelfwear and with the spine faded. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. ; The definitive source on Alaska, before it became a state. The only book in the American Guide Series to credit a sole author (the Idaho guide credits Vardis Fisher as editor) , no less an authority than the 'Saturday Review' called it 'the most important and descriptive book about Alaska in print' and that designation may still be true. Map in rear pocket. Schoyer 7 ; American Guide Series; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 427 pages. Very Good-.
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