If planning a trip to Anchorage, Alaska, a mix of guidebooks, fiction, and non-fiction can really provide an inspiring vision of what to expect on your travels. Here is a list of recommendations to get you started:
Background
Mr. Whitekey's Alaska Bizarre: Direct from the Whale Fat Follies Revue in Anchorage, 1995
Alaska, James Michener, 1989
Winter Dance: the Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod , Gary Paulsen, 1995
Guidebooks
Lonely Planet Alaska , 2006
Fodor's Alaska 2006
Frommer's Alaska 2006
The Milepost 2006
The Rough Guide to Alaska
Alaska for Dummies