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Alaska and The Klondike Gold Fields
by A C Harris
From the preface: "Giving the complete account of the rise of gold fever, the excitement produced by the news of unlimited deposits of the precious metal; the rush of miners seeking fortunes at Klondike; hasty preparations for the long and perilous journey and the formation of companies wager to take possession of the region abounding in untold wealth."
Tisha
by Robert Specht
he story of Anne Hobbs's life as schoolmarm in the remote gold-rush settlement of Chicken, Alaska, and of her romantic and professional loves and their consequences.
The Klondike Fever
by Pierre Berton
Narrates the events that preceded the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, the growth and decline of Dawson, and the fates of some of the tens of thousands of adventurers who left their homes in search of fortune.
Wild Voice Of the North
by Sally Carrighar
The true story of Bobo, part wolf and part dog, who, in his dark, wild way, seemed more civilized than any man. He was born with the strength, the leader instinct, and the rare animal magnetism that made him the indisputable lead, the boss dog, of Nome, Alaska. So compelling was his animal intensity. so startling his acuteness, and so spectacular and uncanny his intuitions about the human beings around him, that he became the subject of a Saturday Evening Post article by Miss Carrighar which made him...
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The Cheechakoes
by Wayne Short
The remarkable story of a remarkable family is narrated by Wayne Short, who shared with his father and mother and two younger brothers -- Dutch, fourteen, and Duke, sixteen -- the unique experience of a pioneer existence in the twentieth century. They were all cheechakoes -- Indian for "greenhorns" -- but the challenge of the wilderness only served to make their life more exciting, expecially for the boys.
The Blue Bear
by Lynn Schooler
A personal journey through Alaska's Glacier Coast recounts the author's quest to photograph the elusive glacier bear, revealing the author's struggle with personal tragedy and how his quest enabled him to find new meaning in life.
Crossroads Of Continents
by William W ; Aron Crowell Fitzhugh
William W. Fitzhugh is a curator in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and Director of the Museum's Arctic Studies Center. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.Aron Crowell is Director of the Alaska office of the Arctic Studies Center of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. A specialist in Arctic archeology and anthropology, his fieldwork has centered on St. Lawrence...
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