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William R. Hunt

Author of Arctic passage: The turbulent history of the land and people of the Bering Sea, 1697-1975

15 Works 116 Members 2 Reviews

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Works by William R. Hunt

Arctic passage: The turbulent history of the land and people of the Bering Sea, 1697-1975 (1975) 22 copies

North of 53: The Wild Days of the Alaska-Yukon Mining Frontier, 1870-1914 (1974) 17 copies

To Stand at the Pole: The Dr. Cook-Admiral Peary North Pole controversy (1981) 15 copies

Alaska: A Bicentennial History (1976) 15 copies

Whiskey Peddler: Johnny Healy, North Frontier Trader (1992) 10 copies

Distant justice : policing the Alaskan frontier (1987) 8 copies

Stef A Biography Bh (1986) 8 copies

Dictionary of Rogues (1970) 5 copies

Passage to the North: A Traveler's Companion to the Historic Sites and Frontier Legends Along the Alaska Highway (1992) 4 copies

Mountain wilderness: Historic resource study for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (1991) 4 copies

Front Page Detective: William J Burns and the Detective Profession, 1880-1930 (1990) 2 copies

Body Love: The Amazing Career of Bernarr Macfadden (1989) 2 copies

America's Sherlock Holmes: The Legacy of William Burns (2019) 2 copies

Westward 1 copy

History of the Marine Hatcheries of Alaska 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1929
Gender: male
Education: Seattle University (BA)
University of Washington (JD, MA, PhD)
Occupations: History professor, University of Alaska

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Westward by William R. Hunt

OK for what it is, but it's only the start of a story. A story we get dumped into, without any explanation at all of the world it takes place in. Not sure if I will continue with later books in the story or not.

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OgreZed | Sep 15, 2020 |

Alaska: A Bicentennial History (States and the… by William R. Hunt

A very basic history of Alaska, mostly focused on economic issues.

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Karlstar | Feb 23, 2008 |

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Works: 15
Members: 116
Popularity: #169,721
Rating: ½ 3.6

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 21
Languages: 1

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