Search Results: Returned 6 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 6
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1999., Enslow Call No: 979.8 FRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In American historySummary Note: Traces the history of Alaska through the Russian exploration and settlement to the American purchase of the territory by William Seward in 1867, discussing key personalities and events during this period.
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1996., Juvenile, Millbrook Press Call No: 979.8 COH Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Spotlight on American historySummary Note: A close-up look at the events surrounding the U.S. purchase of Alaska from the Russians. The author shows the human foibles on both sides of what was later to be regarded as a significant event in American history.
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c2005, Pre-adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the 1860s, Erinia Pavaloff's life at a trading post in Russian America gets more complicated when the region is annexed to the United States and members of the small community become American Alaskans. Inspired by the 5-page memoir written by the real Erinia Pavaloff in 1936.
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1997., Juvenile, Twenty-First Century Books Call No: 973.6 GOL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Pacts & treatiesSummary Note: Discusses the three treaties that tripled the land holdings of the United States during the nineteenth century: the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the Guadalupe-Hidalgo treaty in 1848, and the Alaska Purchase in 1867.
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2005., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 973.85 NEL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: How America became AmericaSummary Note: The rich history of our forty-ninth state, along with questions on how that land and resources should be used.
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2001., Enslow Publishers Call No: 921 SEWARD Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Historical American biographiesSummary Note: A biography of Secretary of State William Seward and his controversial but successful purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
