Mike Dunham presents The Man Who Sold Alaska and The Man Who

Mike Dunham presents The Man Who Sold Alaska and The Man Who Bought Alaska

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Longtime Alaska reporter Mike Dunham has written a pair of short biographies that tell the stories of the most important diplomats in the 19th century—Tsar Alexander II of Russia and American Secretary of State William Henry Seward. At this event, a fresh look at the lives of the men who arranged the United States’ acquisition of Russian America in 1867 will be offered. This event is held in celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the purchase of Alaska

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