Read Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites

Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites

Ray Bonnell

4.9/5 (32567 ratings)

Description:Take an artistic tour of Eastern Interior Alaska historic sites. Join Fairbanks artist and writer Ray Bonnell in this second book of his "Interior Sketches" series as he visits additional historic sites scattered across the region. Explore locations such as Fannie Quigley's home at Kantishna, Tisha's schoolhouse in Chicken, Doyle's Roadhouse at Gakona, Nome Creek mining remnants, and an Alaska Road Commission shelter cabin on Brushkana Creek.For over 30 years Ray has tramped the roads and trails of Eastern Interior Alaska, searching out old mining camps, roadhouses, homesteads, villages, and other historic locations. Through historical essays and detailed pen-&-ink drawings he takes "snapshots in time" of these historic sites before time, development and vandalism erase many of them from the landscape.Since 2010 he has been publishing those essays and drawings in his historical column, "Sketches of Alaska," in the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner" newspaper. That column received the Contributions to Alaska History award from the Alaska Historical Society in 2011.His first book, "Interior Sketches, ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites," showcased 60 historic sites originally featured in his column. In this second book 60 additional sites are featured. Each entry consists of a pen-&-ink drawing and essay, and the book also includes numerous additional drawings.All of the sites are on or near the road system, so you can drive or walk to most of them if you are so inclined. A map of Eastern Interior Alaska showing the general location of sites is included. In keeping with the historical and artistic nature of the book that detailed map was hand-drawn and inked by Ray.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites. To get started finding Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 126

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Pingo Press

Release: 2015

ISBN: 0692599061

Description: Take an artistic tour of Eastern Interior Alaska historic sites. Join Fairbanks artist and writer Ray Bonnell in this second book of his "Interior Sketches" series as he visits additional historic sites scattered across the region. Explore locations such as Fannie Quigley's home at Kantishna, Tisha's schoolhouse in Chicken, Doyle's Roadhouse at Gakona, Nome Creek mining remnants, and an Alaska Road Commission shelter cabin on Brushkana Creek.For over 30 years Ray has tramped the roads and trails of Eastern Interior Alaska, searching out old mining camps, roadhouses, homesteads, villages, and other historic locations. Through historical essays and detailed pen-&-ink drawings he takes "snapshots in time" of these historic sites before time, development and vandalism erase many of them from the landscape.Since 2010 he has been publishing those essays and drawings in his historical column, "Sketches of Alaska," in the "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner" newspaper. That column received the Contributions to Alaska History award from the Alaska Historical Society in 2011.His first book, "Interior Sketches, ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites," showcased 60 historic sites originally featured in his column. In this second book 60 additional sites are featured. Each entry consists of a pen-&-ink drawing and essay, and the book also includes numerous additional drawings.All of the sites are on or near the road system, so you can drive or walk to most of them if you are so inclined. A map of Eastern Interior Alaska showing the general location of sites is included. In keeping with the historical and artistic nature of the book that detailed map was hand-drawn and inked by Ray.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites. To get started finding Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites

Interior Sketches II, More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites

More Books

Interior Sketches II: More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites (Interior Sletches) (Volume 2) by Ray Bonnell (2015-12-18)

Interior Sketches II: More ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites (Interior Sletches) (Volume 2) by Ray Bonnell (2015-12-18)

A Creek, a Hill, and a Forty: The early years of Alaska's Matanuska Colony, seen through a colonist's letters home—Margaret Miller's story

A Creek, a Hill, and a Forty: The early years of Alaska's Matanuska Colony, seen through a colonist's letters home—Margaret Miller's story

Interior Sketches: Ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites Paperback – November 27, 2013

Interior Sketches: Ramblings around Interior Alaska historic sites Paperback – November 27, 2013

A Grandmother Begins the Story

A Grandmother Begins the Story

A Grandmother Begins the Story: A Novel

A Grandmother Begins the Story: A Novel