{"title":"Dermot Cole","description":"\u003cp\u003eDERMOT COLE is a journalist and historian with more than four decades of experience covering Alaska, and the author of several books on Alaska history, including \u003cem\u003eNorth to the Future: The Alaska Story, 1959–2009\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFairbanks: A Gold Rush Town that Beat the Odds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmazing Pipeline Stories\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCole was named a Michigan Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan in 1986–87. He spent decades as a staff columnist at the \u003cem\u003eFairbanks Daily News-Miner\u003c\/em\u003e and also worked for the Associated Press in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he’s not writing, Cole draws on deep roots in the state, having moved to Alaska in 1974 after living in Pennsylvania, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Montana. That firsthand experience of the state underpins his work documenting Alaska’s history and communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDermot lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDermot Cole’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-alaska","title":"Historic Photos of Alaska","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust over 140 years ago, the United States made one of the greatest land deals of all time, purchasing from Russia a massive piece of property near the Arctic Circle. Since then, the land known as Alaska has been the site of a gold rush and an oil boom, but those great events comprise only a small portion of the state’s fascinating history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHistoric Photos of Alaska\u003c\/em\u003e captures the majesty, history, and regal beauty of America’s largest and most northern state through nearly 200 archival black-and-white photographs of this awe-inspiring region. Author Dermot Cole takes the reader on a journey through Alaska’s pristine natural beauty and documents moments from the 1898 gold rush to the only World War II invasion on North American soil, to the long-awaited statehood and the incredible destruction wrought by the massive 1964 earthquake. Don’t miss this fascinating trip through Alaska’s history!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1596524243\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781596524248\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Dermot Cole","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43347122127064,"sku":"9781596524248","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781684420001_FC_mockup_v2_1664306240_21d7deae-52d6-4709-9fcb-0c5e8a0c11ee.jpg?v=1791053532"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-dermot-cole.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}