The Story of Sitka by C.L ANDREWS 1922 History ~ Alaska ~ Russian American Company

Title: The Story of Sitka: The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast: The Chief Factory of the Russian American Company

Author: C. L. Andrews

Description: Green cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket chipped at top part of spine, at foot of spine and corners; front panel has multiple closed tears (archival mending tissue used on backside); in a clear archival sleeve. 15 illustrations on plates (including a fold-out map of Sitka showing its structures in 1867). 108 pages. 7.75 x 5.25 inches.

The author, Clarence Leroy Andrews (1862-1948), lived in the Territory of Alaska off and on between 1897 and 1929 and worked as a customs official during the Klondike Gold Rush. He is reported to have learned Russian in order to read documents and later wrote several books on Alaska and its history.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Good–

Publisher: Press of Lowman & Hanford Co.
Place: Seattle
Year: 1922

Keywords: Alaska, history, Russian-American Company,