Life and Times of a Big River: An Uncommon Natural History of Alaska's Upper Yukon

by Peter J. Marchand

When Richard Nixon signed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, eighty million acres were flagged as possible national park land. Field expeditions were tasked with recording what was contained in these vast acres. Under this decree, five men were sent into the sprawling, roadless interior of Alaska, unsure of what they'd encounter and ultimately responsible for the fate of four thousand pristine acres.
Life and Times of a Big River...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602232474
• ISBN13: 9781602232471
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"