No Place Like Nome
The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City

This is an amazing book! The author's writing made me feel as if I were on a sightseeing trip. It was very interesting learning about the history of Nome both past and present. It truly is a land of surprises from mammoth bones to gold nuggets. I especially liked the pictures! I won a complimentary......more

Twenty six years ago, I travelled in Canada with my wife, from Vancouver to Prince Edward Island for over three months. While touring the obvious attractions, we also visited native settlements, drinking in the early history of places including the Indian/French settlement of Sainte Marie Among the......more

Everything you would want to know about Nome, Alaska for curious minds and those who may have forgotten it exists. I initially thought this would follow a more historic track up to the present but it is not quite laid out that way. Instead we get variety of stories, vignettes, unusual people, and am......more