Leask, Linda; Goldsmith, Oliver Scott; Knapp, Gunnar; Colt, Steve
(Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, 2009-09)
Utterly worthless. That’s how a congressman from Missouri
described Alaska in 1867, when the U.S. bought it from Russia. A
lot of Americans agreed. For almost 100 years, hardly anyone—
except some Alaskans—wanted Alaska ...