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Seward's Folly
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Lee A. Farrow
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-15 - Publisher: University of Alaska Press

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The Alaska Purchase—denounced at the time as “Seward’s Folly” but now seen as a masterstroke—is well known in American history. But few know the rest
The Story of Seward's Folly
Language: en
Pages: 34
Authors: Susan Clinton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Children's Press(CT)

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Examines Secretary of State William Seward's controversial but successful efforts to purchase Alaska from Russia for the United States in 1867.
Seward
Language: en
Pages: 720
Authors: Walter Stahr
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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From one of our most acclaimed new biographers--the first full life of the leader of Lincoln's "Team of Rivals"--William Henry Seward, one of the most important
Seward's Folly
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Edison Marshall
Categories: Alaska
Type: BOOK - Published: 1924 - Publisher:

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Historical novel of the intrigues behind the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Seward’s Folly and Alaska
Language: en
Pages: 98
Authors: Hex Kleinmartin
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-15 - Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward purchased Alaska from Russia. It was called "Seward's Folly" because Alaska was thought to be a frozen