Top 10 Best "Aleutian Islands" Books

Where the Williwaw Blows

Leonard Feinberg

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Stepping Stones to Nowhere

Galen Roger Perras

Aleutian Islands

Stepping Stones to Nowhere

The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United States on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role in American military strategy. W.H. Seward, the US secretary of state who brokered the purchase of Alaska, believed that the acquisition would permit the United States to dominate the Pacific. In the 1990s, Bill Clinton attempted to install an American ballistic missile defence system on the islands. But for most Americans, prior to the Second World War, the bleak and barren islands were of far less interest than the Philippines.

In Stepping Stones to Nowhere, Galen Perras shows how that changed with the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu. Efforts to make the area a major theatre of war rivalling Europe or the South Pacific foundered, but certainly not for lack of effort. The campaign was unique in its involvement of Britain, the Soviet Union, and Canada. Perras reveals how this clash in the North Pacific demonstrated serious problems with the way that American civilian and military...

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The Aleutian Warriors

John Haile Cloe

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Aleutian Echoes (Lanternlight Library)

Charles Bradley

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Thousand-Mile War

Brian Garfield

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The Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

Terry Johnson

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Aleutian Headache

Bert Webber

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Aleutian Adventure

Jon Bowermaster

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Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Series in Ornithology)

Daniel D. Gibson
G. Vernon Byrd

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Wildflowers of Unalaska Island

Suzi Golodoff

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The Aleutian Islands of Alaska

In this compelling narrative of words and vibrant images, Ken Wilson captures a complex portrait of the Aleutian Islands and its peoples. A book years in the making, Wilson presents a collection of striking photographs that powerfully depict the islands' tumultuous weather and stunning landscape that have drawn so many to the islands' shores. Wilson's stunning images capture the islands' unpredictable moods, from the swirling fogs to the windy shores to the lush greens of summer. The accompanying essays tell stories of life on the island: the stories of the Unangan people, who have made the islands their home for centuries, tell of ancestral ties and ancient legends that ground their connections to the island. In contrast, the anecdotes from tourists and newer island residents discuss the allure of the islands' tempestuous beauty and the rich history of the region. A groundbreaking work of photography and oral history, The Aleutian Islands is a captivating volume that writes a new chapter in the documented history of Alaska life and culture.

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The Aleutian Islands of Alaska

Kenneth F. Wilson
Jeff Richardson

Aleutian Islands

An Aleutian Ethnography

Lucien Turner
Raymond L. Hudson

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