Author: Don Neal
Publisher: First Edition Design Pub.
ISBN: 1506907938
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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“Washtub Gold” is a fictional novel based on ‘Operation Washtub’, an actual Cold War plan which was activated in Alaska in the 1950’s. The goal was the training of selected residents of the Territory of Alaska for intelligence and resistance operations if the Territory were occupied by Russian troops. In 1952, newly commissioned army lieutenant Ben Hunnicutt is diverted from orders to Korea and sent to Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage to work with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, recruiting, training, and supplying these stay-behind-agents. Ben visits prospective agents in small towns and seaports, recruiting and becoming friends with commercial fishermen, bush pilots, homesteaders, and guides. He becomes enamored of Alaska, and vows to someday return and see more of this vast and beautiful Territory. Fifteen years later, Ben returns to the new state of Alaska as a retired Major. Attempting to locate some of his old friends from Operation Washtub, he finds a suspicious number of them have disappeared or died in odd accidents. The caches of raw gold with which they were provided as payment, and to finance their spying activities, have also vanished. Since project Washtub has long been shut down, he solicits the local office of the FBI to locate former stay-behind-agents so he can investigate further. He is paired with FBI agent Elise Nichole, one of the very few female agents in the Bureau at that time, and one whose struggle for equality has resulted in a mistrust of men. Ben, a lifelong bachelor, is smitten by Liz, the lovely but unapproachable agent. Their strained relationship varies from luke-warm to cold as they work their way through the puzzles of the case. The sudden and unexpected revelation of the killer’s identity places them both in immediate jeopardy. The story takes Ben onto Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, through Cooper Landing, Seward and through abandoned World War Two fortifications along Resurrection Bay. The final confrontation involves a trip by Ben and Liz to the odd, isolated town of Whittier, via the Alaska Railroad. Key Words: Alaska, Gold, Air Force, Spy, Government, Russia, FBI, Military, USSR, Soviets, Missiles, Cold War
Author: Don Neal
Publisher: A.W.O.L. Enterprises
ISBN: 9781578336852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
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In 1952 newly-commissioned Lieutenant Ben Hunnicutt is diverted from assignment to Korea and sent to the Territory of Alaska to work on Operation Washtub, a mission to help recruit, organize and equip potential "Stay-Behind" agents to be activated if Russia occupies the Territory. After the mission Ben continues on to the war in Korea, but vows to return to Alaska, a land he has learned to love. Fifteen years later, Ben returns to Alaska as a retired Major. Attempting to locate some of his old friends and recruits from the now-terminated Operation Washtub, he finds that a suspicious number have disappeared or died in odd accidents and the caches of raw gold they were provided as payment have vanished. Ben enlists the aid of the local FBI office to help investigate.
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Category : Food
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Author: Kirkpatrick Hill
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0805098941
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village. Bo learns Eskimo along with English, helps in the cookshack, learns to polka, and rides along with Big Annie and her dog team. There's always some kind of excitement: Bo sees her first airplane, has a run-in with a bear, and meets a mysterious lost little boy. Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill is an unforgettable story of a little girl growing up in the exhilarating time after the big Alaska gold rushes.
Author: James Klein
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Category : Gold
Languages : en
Pages : 85
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Author: Felix Flügel
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Author: Jerry Grant
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664146911
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 845
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This book provides information on where gold, and silver were mined in the Western United States. The book provides various map references locating the mineral sources, the amount that was mined from each district, what minerals are associated with that district and any history on that district.
Author: Felix Flügel
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Author: William Dwight Whitney
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Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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Author: William Dwight Whitney
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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