A 20th-century portrait of Lake Clark, Alaska, 1900-2000 / John B. Branson.
Author/creator |
Branson, John B. |
Other author/creator | Lake Clark National Park and Preserve (Agency : U.S.) |
Format | Video (DVD), Book, and Print |
Publication Info | Anchorage, AK : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Lake Clark National Park : Preserve, Alaska Association for Historic Preservation, 2014. |
Description | viii, 264 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 x 30 cm + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.) |
Subject(s) |
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General note | Shipping list no.: 2014-0055-S. |
General note | The DVD illuminates life in 20th century Lake Clark with additional photographs not reproduced in the book and excerpts from home movies, including the earliest know films of the area (1927: Pioneering aviator Russel Merrill filmed by Butler Greer, a big game hunter from California ; late 1930s: Star Airlines airplanes and the Denisons in their gardens filmed by Virgil Hanson, a radio repairman for Star Airlines ; 1939: Local residents filmed by John Meggitt, a Bristol Bay school teacher). The DVD's soundtrack includes Dena'ina music recorded by school teacher John Coray at Nondalton in the mid-1950s, the first ever recordings of the Athabascan Indian music. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258) and index. |
ISBN | 9780692204894 |
ISBN | 069220489X |
GPO item number | 0648 |
Govt. docs number | I 29.2:L 14 C/2 |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | Fed Docs General Stacks - Oversize | I 29.2:L 14 C/2 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |