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Summary: Lots of Facts and Figures...
Review: If you're looking for a book with all the stats on Alaska, this is the place to find it. A handy ready-reference book, this interesting read covers everything from the average rainfall in Ketchikan to the population of the smallest incorporated community in Alaska (Adak Station, pop. 7, if you're interested)While it does contain a number of interesting facts and figures, don't look here for a Cruisers guide to the Inside Passage or an insiders look at Denali. The various sidenotes and facts by "Mr. Whitekeys" make for an interesting, entertaining addition to an otherwise vanilla statistics book (i.e. Alaskans are the second-highest per-capita consumers of S.P.A.M in the country), but other than a rare chuckle here and there based on Mr. Whitekey's comments, I found this book generally to be a bland compilation of stats, meaningful only to a seasonal traveller to the state, or a seasoned sourdough, passionate about Alaska.
Rating:
Summary: Lots of Facts and Figures...
Review: If you're looking for a book with all the stats on Alaska, this is the place to find it. A handy ready-reference book, this interesting read covers everything from the average rainfall in Ketchikan to the population of the smallest incorporated community in Alaska (Adak Station, pop. 7, if you're interested) While it does contain a number of interesting facts and figures, don't look here for a Cruisers guide to the Inside Passage or an insiders look at Denali. The various sidenotes and facts by "Mr. Whitekeys" make for an interesting, entertaining addition to an otherwise vanilla statistics book (i.e. Alaskans are the second-highest per-capita consumers of S.P.A.M in the country), but other than a rare chuckle here and there based on Mr. Whitekey's comments, I found this book generally to be a bland compilation of stats, meaningful only to a seasonal traveller to the state, or a seasoned sourdough, passionate about Alaska.
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