Eagle, Alaska

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Lots of writers - Jack London, James Michener, and John McPhee - have fallen in love with the former Gold Rush boom town of Eagle, Alaska. This summer the Yukon River flooded, devastating Eagle. Eagle-smitten poet Ted Genoways traveled there to see the damage. Produced by Jesse Dukes. Produced in cooperation with Mother Jones Magazine, with travel support from The Nation Institute.

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