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FROM PURCHASE TO PROSPERITY:

The Jewish Founders of the Alaska Commercial Company

and their contribution to the acquisition of America's last frontier  

 

Leslie Fried
Curator, Alaska Jewish Museum

J. Pennelope Goforth
Alaska Maritime Historian

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Early Times Pre-History to Arrival of Fur Traders
The Formation of the Alaska Commercial Company
The Founders
Gerstle and Sloss: A Deeper Look
Manufactured Controversy
The Allure of Fashionable Fur
The Question of Ethics
Mercantile Trade and Transportation
The Alaska Jewish Campus Celebrates the ACC’s 150th Anniversary
Timeline
Bibliography
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