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On time delivery : the dog team mail carriers / William S. Schneider.
LIBRA HE6376.A1 A47 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider, William S., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dogsled mail--Alaska--History.
- Dogsled mail.
- Letter carriers--Alaska--Biography.
- Letter carriers.
- Mushers--Alaska--Biography.
- Mushers.
- Manners and customs.
- Local history.
- Community life.
- History.
- Alaska--Biography.
- Alaska.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Community life--Alaska--History.
- Alaska--History, Local.
- Alaska--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 142 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail, until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and widespread adoption or aviation, many of the trails were abandoned, and a generation or rural Alaskans has now grown up with few ties to the overland trail system that supported their grandparents and inspired modern traditions such as the world famous Iditarod Race.
- In addition to chronicling the history of this unique postal service, On Time Delivery pays tribute to the men who carried the mail and the families who supported them, while also considering the changing nature of how people experience the country where they live-and how this is affected by the systems of communication and transportation on which they depend.
- William Schneider was the curator of oral history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1981 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 2011. He is the editor of many books and the author of So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Mail Trail Era Begins
- Evolution of the Mail Trail System
- Life on the Trail
- Nenana Was the Hub
- Circle and Beyond
- The Aviators
- Grandparents' Time.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781602231672
- 1602231672
- 9781602231689
- 1602231680
- OCLC:
- 747385679
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