The Alaska Almanac: Facts About Alaska (22nd ed) (Paperback)

by Alaska Northwest Publishing (Author)

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Everything travelers ever wanted to know or have wondered about Alaska is contained in this fun and factual book: Gold Rush centennial events, museum collections, salmon history, ZIP codes, and more. An added pleasure in this year's edition is the humor of Mr. Whitekeys, author of "Mr. Whitekeys' Alaska Bizarre". Illustrations & photos. 22 maps National media publicity. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books; 22nd edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882405098
• ISBN-13: 978-0882405094
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,833,476 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Facts and Figures..., April 24, 2000

By	H. Wilkerson (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Alaska Almanac: Facts About Alaska (Alaska Almanac, 23rd ed) (Paperback)

If you're looking for a book with all the stats on Alaska, this is the place to find it. A handy ready-reference book, this interesting read covers everything from the average rainfall in Ketchikan to the population of the smallest incorporated community in Alaska (Adak Station, pop. 7, if you're interested)

While it does contain a number of interesting facts and figures, don't look here for a Cruisers guide to the Inside Passage or an insiders look at Denali. The various sidenotes and facts by "Mr. Whitekeys" make for an interesting, entertaining addition to an otherwise vanilla statistics book (i.e. Alaskans are the second-highest per-capita consumers of S.P.A.M in the country), but other than a rare chuckle here and there based on Mr. Whitekey's comments, I found this book generally to be a bland compilation of stats, meaningful only to a seasonal traveller to the state, or a seasoned sourdough, passionate about Alaska.