Local writer Jean Meaux on Wednesday will give a slide show of historic photos and discuss her book, “In Pursuit of Alaska: An Anthology of Travelers’ Tales, 1879-1900.” The presentation begins 11 a.m. at the public library.
Published by University of Washington Press in 2013, the book includes 27 first-person accounts by outsiders who arrived in Alaska following the U.S. purchase of the territory, “before anybody knew about the place,” Meaux said.
Thirty years later,…
