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The Alaska Purchase in American History

David K. Fremon

出版	Enslow Publishers, 1999
主題	Juvenile Nonfiction / History / GeneralJuvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & LocalJuvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 19th CenturyJuvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places / United States / General
ISBN	07660113809780766011380
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=g5do6Vy6VKMC&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Late on the night of March 29, 1867, Secretary of State William Seward met a Russian statesman to conclude an agreement they had been discussing, that the United States would buy the vast territory of Alaska from Russia. By 4:00 A.M. the next day, they had settled the terms of the sale. Then Seward had to convince Congress, and the American people, that the Alaska Territory was worth the price of 7.2 million dollars. Author David K. Fremon traces the exploration, settlement, and development of Alaska under the Russian government, and shows how the land deal that is often called Seward's Folly was, in fact, one of the best bargains in history.