Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1 Ain’t God Good to Fairbanks 1
7. 2 The Progress Edition 27
8. 3 Statehood Now! 39
9. 4 Breaking Stories and Making News 69
10. 5 The New “Ike Age” in Alaska 93
11. 6 The Rise of Ted Stevens 107
12. 7 States’ Rights and Civil Rights 143
13. 8 “We Are Right and Congress Is Wrong” 159
14. 9 “Giveaway McKay” and “The Garbage Man” 187
15. 10 “Start Acting Like Ladies and Gentlemen” 203
16. 11 The Seaton Revolution 221
17. 12 “Second-Class Citizens” and the “Lunatic Fringe” 259
18. 13 Mixing Oil and Politics 297
19. 14 “The Lord and Lyndon” 339
20. 15 “A Snowball in Hell” 359
21. 16 The Power of the Press 375
22. 17 The Last Resort 397
23. Epilogue 431
24. Notes 453
25. Bibliography 481
26. Index 489