Myths and Mysteries of Alaska: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained

by Cherry Lyon Jones

Overview

explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the Last Frontier's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Alaska history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762772223
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Series:	Myths and Mysteries Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Cherry Lyon Jones  has done portrayals of historical women, and is a storyteller.  History has always been her avocation, and reading, her great pleasure.  She belongs to the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Nevada Women's History Project.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Kah Lituya Strikes! 1

Chapter 2 Baychimo, Phantom of the Arctic 11

Chapter 3 Ghostly Rescues 22

Chapter 4 The Hairy Man 34

Chapter 5 What Is under the Water? 46

Chapter 6 The "Little People" of the Arctic 56

Chapter 7 The Ice Worm Cometh 66

Chapter 8 Permafrost-Into the Ice Age, and Before 76

Chapter 9 The Earth Rumbles and Blows Smoke 87

Chapter 10 Denali: Who Climed It? Who Didn't? 100

Chapter 11 The Cache Creek Murders: Who Did It? Where's the Gold? 113

Chapter 12 The Mysterious Flight of JAL 1628 128

Bibliography 140

Index 150

About the Author 154