Seward's Folly and Alaska by Hex Kleinmartin

Seward's Folly and Alaska

Expanding America

Hex Kleinmartin

96 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

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In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia. It was called "Seward\'s Folly" because Alaska was thought to be a frozen wasteland. Discover the circumstances and geopolitical effects of the Alaska purchase ...

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