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Author Ringsmuth, Katherine Johnson.

Title Tunnel vision : the life of a copper prospector in the Nizina River country / Katherine Ringsmuth.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : National Park Service : For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Archives Fed Docs  I 29.2:P 94/6    ---  Available
Description xxviii, 119 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, photos ; 28 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-119).
Contents Remembering Martin: foreword by Jim Edwards -- A life lived in the "Land of Hope," an introduction -- Marion Radovanovich comes to America, 1900-1911 -- Augusta Louise Iverson: from Norway to the Pacific Northwest, 1879-1911 -- Gold, copper, and love: life in early Blackburn and McCarthy, 1912-1919 -- Martin and Augusta at Dan Creek, 1920-1931 -- The prospector and the impossible prospect at Glacier Creek, 1929-1944 -- The lone prospector: life after "Gussie," 1944-1951 -- Business deals and family reunions, 1951-1969 -- The making of a legend: Martin's final years in the Nizina Country, 1970-1975 -- Tunnel vision: a prospector's legacy.
Subject Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
Alaska -- History -- 1959-
Copper miners -- Alaska -- History.
Alaska -- Gold discoveries -- History.
Radovan, Martin, 1883-1975.
Nizina River (Alaska)
ISBN 9780615635460 (pbk.)
0615635466 (pbk.)
Gpo Item No. 0648
Sudoc No. I 29.2:P 94/6

 
    
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