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Call of the Wild
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Jack London
THE CALL OF THE WILD, Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment.
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Journey
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James A Michener
When news breaks in England in 1897 that gold has been discovered in the Canadian Klondike, Lord Evelyn Luton, a veteran explorer, resolves to set sail at once for the goldfields. This thriller charts the attempts of Luton and his men to reach the Klondike despite set-backs and freezing cold.
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Yukon Justice
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Dana Fuller Ross
A brand new novel in the bestselling, three-million-copy series, from the author of the Wagons West! saga. In the fall of 1896, Frank Blake flees Sierra, California, for the untamed Yukon and the promise of gold. Meanwhile, in New York, Janessa Holt finds herself up against the establishment when she becomes an outspoken proponent of birth control.
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The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush
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Pierre Berton
In 1897 a grimy steamer docked in Seattle and set into epic motion the incredible succession of events that Pierre Berton's exhilarating The Klondike Fever chronicles in all its splendid and astonishing folly. For the steamer Portland bore two tons of pure Klondike gold. And immediately, the stampede north to Alaska began. Easily as many as 100 ...
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The spell of the Yukon
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Robert W Service
One said: Thy life is thine to make or mar, To flicker feebly, or to soar, a star; It lies with thee -- the choice is thine, is thine, To hit the ties or drive thy auto-car.
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Cremation of Sam McGee
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Robert W Service
Originally a bank teller, Robert Services' life changed when he found himself transferred to Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory. Like everybody else, Service was smitten by the gold rush. Only Service mined words, not gold, and within five years was famous as the poet who had captured the essence of the fever, the adventure, the men, and the women. ...
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The Yukon Queen
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Gilbert Morris
Cassidy Winslow promises a dying man that he will take his daughter to the Klondike gold fields of Alaska to search for gold--but the struggle to stake a claim is more than they bargained for.
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Ballads of a Cheechako
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Robert W Service
BALLADS OF A CHEECHAKO ROBERT W. SERVICE - To the Man of the High North MY rhymes are rough, and often in my rhyming Ive drifted, silver-sailed, on seas of dream, Hearing afar the bells of Elfland chiming, Seeing the groves of Arcadie agleam. I was the thrall of Beauty that rejoices From peak snow-diademed to regal star Yet to mine aerie ever ...
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The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899
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Pierre Berton
Now in paperback: A special edition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Klondike gold rush -- written by Canada's leading popular historian and illustrated with over 200 rare period photographs.
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Reading the River: A Voyage Down the Yukon
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John Hildebrand
Exploring the riverway of northwestern Canada and Alaska in a canoe, Hildebrand's personal account of river fish camps, good-hearted girls in the towns, sullen natives and cranky old-timers provides a record of a journey as much inward as it is outward.
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I married the Klondike.
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Laura Beatrice Berton (Thompson)
Now Back in Print! "I Married the Klondike is a Canadian classic that has been anthologized, serialized and televised and in her twilight years it brought to my mother a modicum of fame, which she thoroughly enjoyed." --Pierre Berton
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Gold Rush Women
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Claire Rudolf Murphy, Jane G Haigh
This book gathers the riveting stories of adventurous women-miners, madams, merchants, and mothers -- who went North during the gold rush era.
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Search for a New Dawn
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Barbara Delinsky
Rory Matthews is eager to experience a more rugged life when she goes to the Yukon Territory to join her scientist brother and finds the power of nature in the arms of Eric Clarkson.
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The Klondike Gold Rush: Photographs from 1896-1899
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Clelie Rich (Editor), Graham Wilson
These 125 historic photographs document the reality of the Klondike Gold Rush and tell the day-to-day struggle of the ordinary stampeder.
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Dangerous River: Adventure on the Nahanni
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Raymond M Patterson
R. M. Patterson's best-selling book "The Dangerous River" is back in print in its unabridged version and ready to take readers down the treacherous and challenging waters of the Nahanni River once again. Written with Patterson's characteristic sharp wit and observation, the book chronicles the year he spent battling the temperatures and wild ...
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Running North: A Yukon Adventure
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Ann Mariah Cook
RUNNING NORTH recounts the 1000-mile journey of Ann Cook and her family, which includes 32 Siberian Huskies, as they travel across Alaska in the Yukon Quest dogsled race. Cook's story tells of the preparation for and perils encountered in the event.
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Good Time Girls: Of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush
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Lael Morgan
A study of the lives of women who sought new job opportunities that the Gold Rush offered.
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Best Tales of the Yukon: Including the Classic "Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
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Robert W Service, Tam Mossman (Preface by)
"In 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert W. Service to the Yukon Territory. Soon, he was famous as the poet who chronicled the Klondike gold rush and the savage beauty of the f"
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Wildflowers Along the Alaska Highway
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Verna E Pratt, Frank G Pratt (Editor)
A guide to the flowers seen along the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, BC to Fairbanks. AK. This book is arranged by color and has color bars on the edges of pages.
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Chilkoot Trail: Heritage Route to the Klondike
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David Neufeld, Frank Norris
The stampede over the Chilkoot has raised interest in other aspects of this remarkable piece of geography, such as its outstanding natural beauty and its centuries-old significance as a First Nations trading route and homeland. Here two historians give readers the feeling of what life was like on the trail before, during and after the great ...
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Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest: Maps of Exploration and Discovery: British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Yukon
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Derek Hayes
A one-of-a-kind collection of maps created by the navigators, explorers, and cartographers who first charted the Northwest. Representing four centuries of discovery and exploration, this unique reference book is a must-have for anyone interested in Northwest history. The Historical Atlas of the Pacific Northwest showcases more than 320 original ...
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Staking Her Claim: Life of Belinda Mulrooney
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Melanie J Mayer, R N DeArmond (Contributions by)
This biography of Mulroony, enterprising gold rush entrepreneur, provides insight into the gold rush culture, while specifically concentrating on her business acumen and rare independence.
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The Klondike stampede
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Edwin Tappan Adney
This classic in Yukon gold rush literature was originally published in 1900 and has long been out of print. Tappan Adney, a New York journalist, was dispatched to the Yukon in 1897, at the height of the gold fever, to "furnish news and pictures of the new gold fields." Adney joined the northward migration, chronicling the day-to-day experiences of ...
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A dog-puncher on the Yukon
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Arthur Treadwell Walden
Originally published in 1928, Walden's narrative is still one of the most exciting books ever written about dog mushing or the great gold rushes.
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Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders
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Julie Cruikshank
'This is an exemplary work...It is thorough, clear, and wonderfully detailed. What's more, it is co-authored in a real, rather than a fictive sense, bringing to the reader a kind of authenticity and bite that is rarely available...Certainly specialists will be fascinated with this study, but it is so readable, so interesting, so innovative, that I ...
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