Title On Time Delivery : The Dog Team Mail Carriers.

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Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (162 pages)
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Contents	Introduction; 1. Origin of the Mail Trails; 2. Evolution of the Mail Trail System; 3. Life on the Trail; 4. "Nenana Was the Hub"; 5. Circle and Beyond; 6. The Aviators; 7. Homeland of the Old-Timers; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary	From the turn of the twentieth century in interior Alaska, dog team mail carriers were charged with maintaining the trail systems and carrying the mail until they were replaced in the late 1930s and '40s by airplane mail service. With the advent and widespread adoption of aviation, many of the trails were abandoned, and a generation of rural Alaskans has now grown up with few ties to the overland trail system that supported their grandparents and inspired modern traditions such as the world-famous Iditarod Race.In addition to chronicling the history of this unique postal service, On Tim.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Dogsled mail -- Alaska -- History.
	Dogsled mail.
	Alaska.
	History.
	Letter carriers -- Alaska -- Biography.
	Letter carriers.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
Subject	Mushers -- Alaska -- Biography.
	Mushers.
	Alaska -- Biography.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska.
	Frontier and pioneer life.
	Community life -- Alaska -- History.
	Community life.
	Alaska -- History, Local.
	Local history.
	Alaska -- Social life and customs.
	Manners and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
	Local history.
	Biographies.
Other Form:	Print version: Schneider, William S. On Time Delivery : The Dog Team Mail Carriers Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press,c2012 9781602231672
ISBN	9781602231689
	1602231680
	9781602231672 paperback alkaline paper
	1602231672 paperback alkaline paper

Title On Time Delivery : The Dog Team Mail Carriers.

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