AlaskaMaster storyteller James Michener reveals Alaska in all its awesome, sweeping majesty. From the near forgotten past, to the highly technological present, from self defense to self determination, here are the men and women who tried to tame the land, seize its bounty, and lay claim to the elusive spirit that holds native and visitor spellbound. A stirring portrait of a human community living on the edge of the world, ALASKA claims a bold heritage of