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When Alaskans in the 1950s demanded an end to ""second-class citizenship"" of territorial status, southern powerbrokers on Capitol Hill were the primary obstacles. They feared a forty-ninth state would tip the balance of power against segregation, and therefore keeping Alaska out of the Union was simply another means of keeping black children out of white schools. C.W. ""Bill"" Snedden, the publisher of America's farthest north daily newspaper, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, helped lead the battle of the Far North against the Deep South. Working behind the scenes with his protege, a young atto.
Statehood (American politics) --- Newspaper editors --- Editors --- Journalists --- Snedden, Charles Willis, --- Snedden, C. W. --- Snedden, Bill, --- Fairbanks daily news-miner --- History. --- Alaska --- Politics and government
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In this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham's many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is e.
Frontier and pioneer life --- Courts --- Alaska --- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) --- History --- Trials, litigation, etc.
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