6 x 9, 288 pages, 40 b & w photos [This is] more than a
biography of one of the territory's leading citizens. It tells
of the evolution of Alaska from territory to state, 1912—1959,
and provides a vehicle for understanding the region's economic
and social history during this little known but important
period. —Robert Spude, National Park Service [Hawley has]
confirmed Dunkle's place in mining history. —Robert Trennert,
Arizona State University Wesley Earl Dunkle arrived in Alaska in
1910 equipped with an optimistic belief in the transformative
power of technology. A graduate of Yale's prestigious Sheffield
Scientific School, Dunkle had managed copper mines for such
captains of industry as J. P. Morgan and the Guggenheims. A
pioneer in industries that thrust Alaska and the United States
into the industrial age—mining and flying—Dunkle also developed
the aviation company that would eventually become Alaska
Airlines. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Alaska was as
important to the United States for its coppe