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Fighting for the Forty-Ninth: C. W. Snedden and the Long Struggle for Alaska Statehood
Fighting for the FortyNinth C W Snedden and the Long Struggle for Alaska Statehood
Author: Terrence Cole
In the 1950s C. W. Snedden, owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, used his newspaper to crusade for statehood and the development of Alaska and its resources, particularly North Slope oil and gas. As a confidant of Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, Snedden had unrivaled access to the top ranks of the Eisenhower Administration and he e...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781883309060
ISBN-10: 1883309069
Publication Date: 12/15/2010
Pages: 350
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Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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