Third Edition with easy-to-use grading system. Winner of 2019 Silver Medal in Education from Literary Classics International.

ISBN 978-1-940479-22-4

With more than 20,000 copies of Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume One in print books sold worldwide, readers are saying the entertaining nonfiction stories are keeping ages 9 to 99 spellbound!

Award-winning author Laurel Downing Bill brings Alaska history alive in this first book in the five-book series. It is filled with short stories highlighting Alaska’s colorful past from the arrival of the Native people thousands of years ago all the way up to the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898. She shares stories of the rushes for gold to the Koyukuk, Juneau-Douglas and Cook Inlet regions and features an extensive photo essay showing the various routes the gold-crazed prospectors forged to get to the gold fields.

Not only do the easy-to-read pages keep readers hooked, they also offer a window into the past with close to 350 historical photographs to complement the entertaining collection of stories.

Did you know:
• Mysterious petroglyphs dot Alaska's coastlines
• The last shot of the American Civil War boomed in the Bering Sea
• The Klondike Gold Rush began after a man dreamed of salmon covered in golden scales

These stories and many more can be found in Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume One.

Anyone interested in Alaska history will love this book, according to Writer's Digest, as it is full of interesting and little-known facts about the state.

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Third Edition with easy-to-use grading system. Winner of 2019 Silver Medal in Education from Literary Classics International.

ISBN 978-940479-23-1

Award-winning author Laurel Downing Bill’s critically acclaimed four-book Alaska history series is a must-have for anyone interested in the Last Frontier. The books, which are appropriate for ages 9 to 99, are a delightful journey through Alaska's rich past.

Dozens of entertaining nonfiction short stories fill the pages of Aunt Phil's Trunk Volume Two, which is filled with colorful short stories about Alaska's colorful past between 1900 and 1912. It includes accounts of lawmen that attempted to curtail murderers, thieves and conmen, early postmen who carved trails through the wilderness and adventurous souls who blazed the now-famous Iditarod Trail from Seward to Nome.

These easy-to-read tales are complemented with close to 350 historical photographs mined from museums, libraries and universities across the state.

• Murderers, conmen and crooked judges flocked to the beaches of Nome in 1899
• Famous lawman Wyatt Earp followed the gold rush and built a bar in Alaska
• The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century happened in Alaska in 1912

Critics and readers alike are saying that Aunt Phil’s Trunk Volume Two is a true treasure trove and offers a stimulating and well-researched journey into Alaska’s past.

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