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- ↑ "Alaskool". www.alaskool.org.
- 1 2 Reviews of Battleground Alaska:
- Sara Dant, Environmental History, JSTOR 45172490
- Brian Allen Drake, The American Historical Review, JSTOR 26576787
- Kathryn Morse, Western Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 26782884
- William H. Mullins, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 44790769
- Andrew Stuhl, Pacific Historical Review, JSTOR 26419917
- Laura A. Watt, The Journal of American History, doi:10.1093/jahist/jax127, JSTOR 48548402
- 1 2 Reviews of Frigid Embrace:
- Michael Butt, H-Net Reviews,
- Terrence Cole, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491693
- Sandra McDermott, The Public Historian, doi:10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.169, JSTOR 10.1525/tph.2004.26.1.169
- Deniel Nelson, Environmental History, doi:10.2307/3985729, JSTOR 3985729
- Hal Rothman, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615373
- John S. Whitehead, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/25047261, JSTOR 25047261
- ↑ Reviews of Alaska: An American Colony:
- Gordon B. Dodds, Pacific Historical Review, doi:10.1525/phr.2003.72.4.635
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/25047314, JSTOR 25047314
- Kathryn Morse, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20615303
- Claus-M. Naske, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40491715
- ↑ Reviews of Melvin Ricks' Alaska Bibliography:
- Louis Flannery, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20613597
- Arthur E. Hippler, American Indian Quarterly, doi:10.2307/1183777, JSTOR 1183777
- Alan Edward Schorr, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/967140, JSTOR 967140
- ↑ Review of An Alaska Anthology:
- Eric J. Karolak, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/970925, JSTOR 970925
- ↑ Reviews of Enlightenment and Exploration in the North Pacific:
- William H. Adams, Historical Archaeology, JSTOR 25616762
- Herbert K. Beals, Oregon Historical Quarterly, JSTOR 20614944
- Daniel Clayton, Ecumene, JSTOR 44252055
- James R. Gibson, Pacific Historical Review, doi:10.2307/3641760, JSTOR 3641760
- Mott Greene, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, JSTOR 40492476
- Ted C. Hinckley, Western Historical Quarterly, doi:10.2307/971348, JSTOR 971348
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