In Darkest Alaska: Travels and Empire Along the Inside Passage
- ISBN-10
- 0812240219
- ISBN-13
- 9780812240214
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Authors
- Robert Campbell, Robert Bruce Campbell
Description
Prior to the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, travelers returned from Alaska's Inside Passage with fascinating accounts of its wonders. Historian Robert Campbell demonstrates how these tourists served as shock troops of the gold rush by portraying Alaska as a Last West ripe for American conquest.
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