Seward's Folly

Seward's Folly
Author :
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Total Pages : 240
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781602233034
ISBN-13 : 1602233039
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Seward's Folly by : Lee A. Farrow

Download or read book Seward's Folly written by Lee A. Farrow and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of the story. This book aims to correct that. Lee Farrow offers here a detailed account of just what the Alaska Purchase was, how it came about, its impact at the time, and more. Farrow shows why both America and Russia had plenty of good reasons to want the sale to occur, including Russia’s desire to let go of an unprofitable, hard-to-manage colony and the belief in the United States that securing Alaska could help the nation gain control of British Columbia and generate closer trade ties with Asia . Farrow also delves into the implications of the deal for foreign policy and international diplomacy far beyond Russia and the United States at a moment when the global balance of power was in question. A thorough, readable retelling of a story we only think we know, Seward’s Folly will become the standard book on the Alaska Purchase.


Seward's Folly Related Books

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

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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)

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Historical novel of the intrigues behind the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
Sir John A.'s Crusade and Seward's Magnificent Folly
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Richard Rohmer
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-05 - Publisher: Dundurn

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

International intrigue on the eve of the birth of a nation at Britain’s Highclere Castle, aka Downton Abbey. In late 1866, John A. Macdonald and other Fathers