Charles Wohlforth
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Charles P. Wohlforth is an Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

n author and writer.

Wohlforth's books include The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, which won a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, in the Science and Technology category, in 2004. Wohlforth has also authored a number of travel guides, including several editions of the annual Frommer's
Frommer's
Frommer's is a travel guidebook series and one of the bestselling travel guides in America. The series began in 1957 with the publication of Arthur Frommer's book, Europe on $5 a Day. Frommer's has expanded to include over 350 guidebooks across 14 series, as well as other media including the award...

 Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. He graduated from Princeton University.

Partial bibliography

  • Frommer's Family Vacations in the National Parks. Published by Frommers, 1999. ISBN 0764563637.
  • Frommer's 2000 Alaska, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Frommer's, 2000. ISBN 0028629914.
  • Frommer's Alaska 2003: With Complete Cruise Coverage, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Frommer's, 2002. ISBN 0764566407.
  • Frommer's Alaska 2004, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Frommer's, 2003. ISBN 0764538918.
  • The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change, Charles Wohlforth. Published by North Point Press, 2004. ISBN 0865477140.
  • Frommer's Alaska 2008, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Frommer's, 2007. ISBN 0470152885.
  • Frommer's Alaska 2009, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Frommer's, 2008. ISBN 0470289740.
  • The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth, Charles P. Wohlforth. Published by Thomas Dunne Books, June 8, 2010. ISBN 0312377371.

External links

  • Official site. Accessed June 25, 2010.
  • New official site. Accessed June 25, 2010.
  • Dispatch From Alaska: Palin? Really? – an opinion by Wohlforth at The New Republic
    The New Republic
    The magazine has also published two articles concerning income inequality, largely criticizing conservative economists for their attempts to deny the existence or negative effect increasing income inequality is having on the United States...

    . Accessed June 25, 2010.
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