University Press of Colorado - Lee Farrow on the history behind the Trump/Putin summit Lee Farrow, author of Seward's Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase, has been making the rounds this week, helping share information about the   the history behind Alaska's choic...

#UAPress author Lee A. Farrow is everywhere this week to help folks understand the history behind #Trump and #VladimirPutin's summit today.
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Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it will host a U.S.-Russia summit Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to talk about a costly Russian war involving Crimea, bringing up parallels of the circumstances that led Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S. in the 1800s.

Friday's summit between Putin and Trump is renewing interest in the work of #UAPress author Lee Farrow. See her interview on NPR:
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and check out her book Seward's Folly: A New Look at the Alaska Purchase (upcolorado.com/university-o...)