Description: NORTH COUNTRY CHALLENGE, by Ernest N. Patty, 1969, Signed First EditionNorth Country Challenge. Patty, Ernest N. New York: David McKay Company, 1969. [First edition]. Signed by Patty with date of 1969 and inscription to former owners. The story of Patty and his family who came to Fairbanks in 1922 to join the faculty of what was then a very new college. Located in what was then a wilderness, temperatures frequently dropped to 50 below zero, and wild animals were their neighbors. At the time there were only six professors and 22 students. Patty's first class consisted of 20 prospectors. The book also relates Patty's experiences directing a mining company, his wife's work with Indian children and his fight for Alaska statehood. Hardcover, with original jacket, 272 pages. Maps on endpapers. Black and white photographic illustrations. Very good condition, dust jacket has one tiny closed tear at top of front, slightly ruffled at top of spine.
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Location: Seattle, Washington
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Year Printed: 1969
Topic: Alaska
Binding: Hardcover
Origin: United States
Author: Ernest Patty
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: David McKay Co.
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Signed
