Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star C. W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood

Name: Fighting for the Forty-Ninth Star C. W. Snedden and the Crusade for Alaska Statehood
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ISBN: 9781883309060

ISBN-10: 1883309069

ISBN-13: 9781883309060

Edition: 2010

Authors: Terrence Cole

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In the 1950s C. W. Snedden, owner of theFairbanks Daily News-Miner, used his newspaper to crusade for statehood and the development of Alaska and its resources, particularly North Slope oil and gas. As a confidant of Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, Snedden had unrivaled access to the top ranks of the Eisenhower Administration and he employed his connections to advance the cause of Alaska statehood. Snedden orchestrated a national press campaign to push through the statehood legislation and opened much of the North Slope for oil development, which would play such a crucial role in financing the young state.Fighting for the Forty-Ninthis the story of how an independent newspaper publisher…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Alaska Foundation
Publication date: 12/15/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 502
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.870
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Ain't God Good to Fairbanks



The Progress Edition



Statehood Now!



Breaking Stories and Making News



The New "Ike Age" in Alaska



The Rise of Ted Stevens



States' Rights and Civil Rights



"We Are Right and Congress Is Wrong"



"Giveaway McKay" and "The Garbage Man"



"Start Acting Like Ladies and Gentlemen"



The Seaton Revolution



"Second-Class Citizens" and the "Lunatic Fringe"



Mixing Oil and Politics



"The Lord and Lyndon"



"A Snowball in Hell"



The Power of the Press



The Last Resort


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index