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978162
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b732532
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| Main Entry
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Naske, Claus-M.
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| Title & Author
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Ernest Gruening : : Alaska's greatest governor /\ Claus-M. Naske.
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| Publication Statement
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Fairbanks :: University of Alaska Press,, ©2004.
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1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1423715098
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: 9781423715092
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1889963348
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1889963356
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9781889963341
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9781889963358
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-302) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Gruening, Ernest,1887-1974.
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Gruening, Ernest,1887-1974.
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Gruening, Ernest.
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United States.
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United States.
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Governors-- Alaska, Biography.
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Legislators-- United States, Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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Governors.
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HISTORY-- State Local-- General.
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Legislators.
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Politics and government
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Politik
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Geschichte 1867-1980.
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Alaska, Politics and government, 1867-1959.
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Alaska, Politics and government, 1959-
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Alaska.
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Alaska.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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979.8/04/092B
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E748.G898N37 2004eb
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