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George Kennan

George Kennan, 1845–1924, American authority on Siberia, b. Norwalk, Ohio. In 1864 he made the first of his journeys to East Asia as an engineer. His articles on Siberia, for many years almost the sole authoritative source of information on that region, were published as Tent Life in Siberia (1870) and Siberia and the Exile System (2 vol., 1891).

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George Kennan and the American-Russian Relationship, 1865-1924
Frederick F. Travis. Ohio University Press, 1990
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America Faces Russia: Russian-American Relations from Early Times to Our Day
Thomas A. Bailey. Cornell University Press, 1950
Librarian’s tip: Discussion of George Kennan begins on p. 126
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Siberia and the Exile System
George Kennan. The Century Co., vol.1, 1891
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Siberia and the Exile System
George Kennan. Century Co., vol.2, 1891
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The Chicago & Alton Case: A Misunderstood Transaction
George Kennan. The Country Life Press, 1916
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E. H. Harriman, a Biography
George Kennan. Houghton Mifflin Company, vol.II, 1922
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Misrepresentation in Railroad Affairs
George Kennan. The Country Life Press, 1916
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Notable U.S. Ambassadors since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary
Cathal J. Nolan. Greenwood Press, 1997
Librarian’s tip: "George Frost Kennan" begins on p. 211
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