Ernest Gruening : Alaska's greatest governor

Naske, Claus-M (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1889963356 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1889963348 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: xxi, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-302) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Gruening's life and career before Alaska -- North to the governorship -- Proposed resettlement of European refugees in Alaska -- Matter of taxes -- Arming Alaska -- North and war -- Censorship -- Alaska war council -- Alaska highway, the Aleutian campaign, and the end of the war in Alaska -- Tax battle continues -- Struggle for reconfirmation -- Creation of a modern tax system -- Statehood issue: 1939-1953 -- End of the governorship -- Battle continues -- Lobbying for statehood -- U.S. Senator at last -- Running for a sic-year term -- Conservation battles -- Gruening and Alaska native claims -- Vietnam issue -- Last campaign.for the Senate.