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Northern Narratives #2 brings you back to Juneau, Alaska, the gateway to the Alaskan gold rush. Tall Tales of Alaska: Juneau, AK: A Quaint Alaska Town With a Gold Mining Problem whisks you away to the capital of Alaska when it was still an American territory. And during your stay, you'll bear witness to the beginnings of Juneau, before all the tourists, and even before all of the gold. You'll see how the passage of time has transformed this once sleepy fishing village to a bustling pioneer gold mining town, and again into the renowned tourist destination that it is today-now welcoming nearly two million people every summer! With each turn of the page, a new piece of this town's rich history is unveiled. You'll discover sunken ships, find buried treasure, and even meet the ghost who haunts the Alaskan Hotel along the way! This book is for you if you're a hungry history buff looking to uncover the secrets of Alaska or just excited to learn more about Juneau, a town that embodies the very best of the Last Frontier. Northern Narratives #2, Tall Tales of Alaska: Juneau, AK: A Quaint Alaska Town With a Gold Mining Problem will not disappoint. The excitement and intrigue will have you eagerly looking forward to the next book in the series! Read about: ● How Juneau became the capital city of Alaska. ● Joe Juneau, the town's namesake. ● Alice, the ghost who haunts the Alaskan Hotel. ● The collapse of the Treadwell Mine, one of America's most lucrative gold mines. ● The recipe for the Alaskan Amber, the flagship beer of the Alaskan Brewing Company. ● The S.S. Islander, the unsinkable ship that sunk carrying Klondike gold down south. ● Secret tunnels constructed under Juneau during prohibition. ● The mermaids of Southeast Alaska

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W.R. Kozey was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, but has spent most of his adult life on the move. In 2017, W.R. met his wife abroad, and they spent the first four years of their relationship in transit. Every winter they'd find a new place to live: Mexico, Peru, Thailand, India, but Juneau would always home.W.R. and his wife would come back to Alaska's capital in the summer time to work seasonally while the cruise ships were in port. However, during the pandemic, they made Juneau their permanent home, purchasing their house in the shadows of the Mendenhall Glacier.Since the two settled down, W.R. has gone back to school, graduating with his Master's degree and pursuing a PhD. During his studies, W.R. taught in a variety of disciplines including public health, history, and English composition. He enjoys all the courses he's taught, English composition being his favorite, but he would like to eventually transition to Creative Writing.Besides teaching, W.R. has moonlit as a curriculum developer, platform development specialist, and data liaison for research institutions as well as the state. But, if you ask him, his favorite side gig is bartending. It was bartending that helped him travel the world; helped him learn the craft of story telling; and the source of his inspiration for his first book: Tall Tales of Alaska: The Red Dog Saloon.

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