Charles P. Wohlforth (born 1963) is an author and journalist, former public official, and consultant. He has written extensively about
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
and has collaborated with other authors on a variety of topics.
Wohlforth's books include ''The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change'', which won a
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
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, in the Science and Technology category, in 2004, and more than 10 other books about science, environment, medicine, history, biography, and travel. His column in the
Anchorage Daily News
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The newspaper is headquartered in Anchorage, ...
won th
"Best of the West"award in 2019. Wohlforth served two terms on th
Anchorage Assemblyand led th
Coalition for Education Equityas executive director for five years.
He was a consultant on energy and transportation issues on the state and national level.
He was host of several radio, podcast and TV programs o
Alaska Public Media He graduated from
Princeton University
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with high honors in 1986.
Partial bibliography
How Covid Crashed the System: A Guide to Fixing American Health Care(By David B. Nash and Charles Wohlforth; Rowman and Littlefield, 2022)
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Beyond Earth: Our Path to a New Home in the Planets'' (By Charles Wohlforth and Amanda Hendrix; Pantheon/Knopf, 2016).
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From the Shores of Ship Creek: Stories of Anchorage’s First 100 Years'' (Todd Communications, 2015).
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To Russia With Love: An Alaskan’s Journey'' (By Vic Fischer with Charles Wohlforth; University of Alaska Press, 2012).
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The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth'' (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2010).
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Saving for the Future: My Life and the Permanent Fund'' (By Dave Rose as told to Charles Wohlforth; Epicenter Press, 2008).
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The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change'' (North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004).
*Frommer's Alaska (Wiley, 1996–2011). Fourteen editions
*Alaska For Dummies (Wiley, 2003–2011). Five editions
*Frommer's Family Vacations in the National Parks (Wiley, 1999–2004). Three editions
*Crisis in the Commons: The Alaska Solution (By Walter J. Hickel; Institute for Contemporary Studies, 2002).
*Spectacular Alaska (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1998; revised edition, Universe, 2012).
References
External links
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Anchorage Daily News columnArticles collected on Muck Rack
''Dispatch From Alaska: Palin? Really?''
– an opinion by Wohlforth at ''The New Republic
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1963 births
Alaska Dispatch
American male non-fiction writers
American science writers
American travel writers
Anchorage Assembly members
Living people
Princeton University alumni
Radio personalities from Alaska
Writers from Anchorage, Alaska
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