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- ↑ "Books by Charles Wohlforth". Charles Wohlforth. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners
- ↑ "2019 results of the Best of the West journalism contest |" . Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Municipality of Anchorage".
- ↑ "List of past members of the Anchorage Assembly" (PDF).
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- ↑ "Charles Wohlforth". Alaska Public Media. April 28, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ↑ How Covid Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Health Care.
- ↑ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239536/beyond-earth-by-charles-wohlforth-and-amanda-r-hendrix-phd/9780804172424/
- ↑ Wohlforth, Charles (2014). From the Shores of Ship Creek: Stories of Anchorage's First 100 Years. Todd Communications. ISBN 978-1578336036.
- ↑ https://www.alaska.edu/uapress/browse/detail/index.xml?id=462
- ↑ http://fateofnature.com/
- ↑ http://www.epicenterpress.com/Home/Book/90
- ↑ http://www.wohlforth.net/
