| The United States: Alaska Contributor(s): Smith, Joesph (Author) |
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ISBN: 1475118201 ISBN-13: 9781475118209 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2012 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.66 lbs) 122 pages |
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| Publisher Description: What's so special about Alaska? Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait. Alaska is the 4th least populous and the least densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately half of Alaska's 722,718 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area.Alaska was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million at approximately two cents per acre. The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U.S. on January 3, 1959. Find out more about Alaska now ... |