{"product_id":"alaska-2","title":"Alaska","description":"In this sweeping epic of the northernmost American frontier, James A. Michener guides us through Alaska’s fierce terrain and history, from the long-forgotten past to the bustling present. As his characters struggle for survival, Michener weaves together the exciting high points of Alaska’s story: its brutal origins; the American acquisition; the gold rush; the tremendous growth and exploitation of the salmon industry; the arduous construction of the Alcan Highway, undertaken to defend the territory during World War II. A spellbinding portrait of a human community fighting to establish its place in the world, \u003ci\u003eAlaska \u003c\/i\u003etraces a bold and majestic saga of the enduring spirit of a land and its people.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAlaska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Few will escape the allure of the land and people [Michener] describes. . . . \u003ci\u003eAlaska \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader on a journey through one of the bleakest, richest, most foreboding, and highly inviting territories in our Republic, if not the world. . . . The characters that Michener creates are bigger than life.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Always the master of exhaustive historical research, Michener tracks the settling of Alaska [in] vividly detailed scenes and well-developed characters.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBoston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Michener is still, sentence for sentence, writing’s fastest attention grabber.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318158827902,"sku":"NW9780375761423","price":15.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780375761423.jpg?v=1778712085","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/alaska-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}