On the sesquicentennial anniversary of Alaska’s acquisition as a U.S. Seward’s Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase, by Lee A. Nancy Lord, featured later in this write-up for a book of her own, called it “a brilliant work of scholarship and analysis, bringing overdue attention and understanding to the poetry and prose of Alaska’s most significant literary writer.” “The book argues that Haines found his authentic voice during his twenty-five years of homesteading in the Alaska wilderness, but he develops his poetic vision over a long, prestigious career in dialogue with patterns of movement and change.” This book is “the first book-length study of Alaska poet and essayist John Haines,” says the back of the book. Placing John Haines, by James Perrin Warren, 2017. He spent his last five years in Alaska in Skagway. It’s “a grand adventure into the historical hauntings of the southeastern corner of the Last Frontier,” the write up continues.ĭevereaux lived in Alaska for years, working as an archaeologist. This compilation of ghost stories from around Southeast Alaska features “ghostly footsteps and flickering lights, a silhouette in the window of an abandoned building, a restless presence at the scene of a sunken ship, spectral wails and poltergeist theft of office supplies, mythical Native American legends, and other paranormal happenings,” according to the write up on the back. Spirits of Southeast Alaska: The History & Hauntings of Alaska’s Panhandle, by James P. Routes are divided into Southeast Alaska, Cross Gulf, Southcentral Alaska, and Southwest Alaska. The book “digs deep into Alaska’s small coastal towns and villages that make up the Marine Highway routes, and visits the larger centers of commerce and government within the panhandle section of Southeast.” It’s divided into parts focused on planning, life on board, and routes/ports of call. Kirkland, who is also the author of “Alaska On the Go: Exploring the 49 th State with Children,” is an Alaskan resident and journalist. This is one of those books we’ve been meaning to write more about. Alaska on the Go: Exploring the Alaska Marine Highway System with Children, by Erin Kirkland, 2017.

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