In the 1920's General Billy Mitchell declared the Aleutian Islands were the jumping off place for an Americanm attack on Japan. At the same time, the Japanese were sending spies into the Aleutians to "check it out" for their own agenda.

The book ALEUTIAN HEADACHE provides fascinating narrative and pictures about the American buildup in Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the face of aggressive Japanese expansion throughout the Pacific.

Details here of the Japanese seizure of American soil in Alaska and the deadly allied attacks that expelled them. Includes the American air raid that bombed the Japanese on Kiska Island with beer and Coke bottles, when the bottles hit the earth they smashed showering the Japanese occupants with shards of glass.

Book also includes little known accounts of the U.S. Navy - Japanese Navy ship-to-ship fighting (without aircraft) in Bering Sea.

Major chapter on Dutch Harbor bombed.

Attu, Aggatu and Kiska seized by the Japanese.

The Kiska Blitz--"Get Kiska Back"!

American liberation of Attu a ghastly affair

Japanese secretly escape from Kiska thus Americna invasion forces shooting at their own (American) buddies.

Special chapter: How the Japanese did it?

Dozens of rare photographs, maps and charts prepared especially for this book, appendices, bibliography for those who want to know more, Index.

Recommended for those who want to know about the "shooting" war of 1942-1943 on Ameriocan soil

Includes illustrated chapter on how the American soldiers in those frozen Aleutian Islands sent and received their mail by the Army Post Office (APO) system. Role of Japanese-Americans during the Battle of Attu.

This book has everything you could possibly want to know about Eleventh Air Force and Alaska during World War II. Well written, informative, and packed with tons of photographs. This book is a must-read for all military personnel stationed in Alaska. I highly recommend it...

This book is a fantastic resource for people doing research on mountains. Well written and full of interesting insight, this is a must buy for any researcher.

Truthfully, I cannot stand biographies. However, my literature class required me to read a biography, which I must admit, I looked upon with much dismay. I happen to be a very lucky indeed, though, because I had really been meaning to read this book forever (I happen to have known Joyce Anders since I was very young and I love her very much, but my review isnt biased), and what could have been a more opportune time than this? I read it with growing relish and it proved to be a very fascinating book indeed. I loved it and I hope other people have enjoyed reading Joyces story as much as I have. It is a history that is, with in itself, unmatched in uniqueness by any other and I whole heartedly recommend it to the biography shy.

Presented in an innovative format of book, music, and interactive CD-ROM, Arctic Odyssey was inspired by the journey photographer Richard Olsenius made through the Northwest Passage, a waterway that's still treacherous, mysterious, and alluring to adventurers. It all works very well to capture an authentic feeling for the majesty of the Arctic. The main attraction here is the music, which is beautifully done with a far greater range of melody than I've come to expect from New Age music. Indeed, thankfully it bears no resemblance to that idiotic, monotonous, whiny New Age stuff that makes me psychotic to the point where all I can think about is strangling somebody. The music here is mostly piano-based, and the whole package is well worth seeing and hearing.

The shaman predicted that Howard Rock would become a great man. He was born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village in northwest Alaska where the people had hunted whales and lived off the land for centuries. Instead of becoming a hunter, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor. He helped defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near the village with an above-ground atomic blast. Then Rock founded the Tundra Times and helped Alaska's Native people press their aboriginal land claims before Congress, ultimately winning a settlement. Deeply moving.

I read Sue's book after returning from my first Alaskan cruise. I wish I had read the book before my trip! Great folklore, stories and insights about the local culture. Absolutely beautiful watercolor pictures. Highly recommend the book.

So mucb has been written ABOUT Alaska Natives, and finally I was refreshed to see a book of incredibly insightful pieces written BY Alaska Natives. Offers a strong sense of ties to family and the land and waterways from which Alaska's aboriginal peoples have subsisted for centuries. This is truly an "authentic" account of contemporary Native people trying to live in the modern world while retaining a sense of their cultural identity. Full of stunning historical and contemporary photographs as well! This is the kind of book that should be climbing to the top of the New Times Bestseller list! An extremely readable text full of unassuming voices expressing the joys and challenges of life in some of the most remote reaches of Alaska. These writers live in small communities in Alaska, most of which are not connected by road to the outside world. Fascinating!

Drew Hayden Taylor has surpassed himself in writing this delightful comedy in which a reader is so easily able to maintain the concept of the stageplay that he might find himself laughing aloud. I even wanted to applaud and call for the author as I closed the book cover.

The plot revolves around several characters who encounter each other during a powwow and the relationships that develop between them. A short play and one that will be read again and again.

I read the book while on vacation in Mexico and found myself thirsting for the clean waters of Alaska. The author is obviously a devout fisherman. Woven throughout the book are comments, observations and short essays that address the intangable elements of fishing that can result in a love of the sport. Atcheson has not forgotten what the essence of fishing is all about and he can be downright poetic at times. This is not to imply that important planning details and valuable local knowledge is glossed over. On the contrary, Atcheson hits all the bases and offers many fishing techniques, super maps, and detailed information on many quiet out of the way trout and salmon hang-outs and the large rivers. This book is educational and packed with advice and seasonal information that is applicable and unique to fishing in Alaska. A really good book that delivers years of local knowledge and a better understanding of life below the surface.