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Ernest Gruening : Alaska's greatest governor /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Naske, Claus-M
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Gruening, Ernest, > 1887-1974.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Governors > Alaska > Biography.
Alaska > Politics and government > 1867-1959.
Alaska > Politics and government > 1959-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Gruening's life and career before Alaska
  • North to the governorship
  • Proposed resettlement of European refugees in Alaska
  • Matter of taxes
  • Arming Alaska
  • North and war
  • Censorship
  • Alaska war council
  • Alaska highway, the Aleutian campaign, and the end of the war in Alaska
  • Tax battle continues
  • Struggle for reconfirmation
  • Creation of a modern tax system
  • Statehood issue: 1939 to 1953
  • End of the governorship
  • Battle continues
  • Lobbying for statehood
  • U.S. Senator at last
  • Running for a six-year term
  • Conservation battles
  • Gruening and Alaska native claims
  • Vietnam issue
  • Last campaign for the Senate.