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An Alaskan adventure : a story of finding gold in the far North from 1893-1903 / by Frederick James Currier ; foreword by Randy Zarnke ; edited by Amy June Currier Jorgensen.

Currier, Fred J., 1860-1935 (author.). Zarnke, Randall L., (author of introduction, etc.). Jorgensen, Amy June Currier, 1920- (editor.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781594338434
ISBN: 1594338434
ISBN: 1594338086
ISBN: 9781594338083
Physical Description: 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Anchorage, Alaska : Publication Consultants, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Biographical sketch of James Currier -- Foreword -- Apples of gold --The Inland Passage -- The Chilkoot Trail -- The chain of lakes -- A chilling raft ride -- Waiting for the ice to break -- The Yukon voyage -- Forty Mile and Fort Cudahay -- Our scow trip to Circle City -- Circle City -- Jacobi -- Potlatch -- The ice worm tale -- A moose hunt on the Yukon -- #39 mastodon -- We clean up our first gold -- Stampede! -- I make a trip to Circle City -- Drift mining -- Christmas potlatch -- We sell our claim -- A year at home : River Falls -- Experiences with our steamboat -- We establish Fort Independence -- A busy year -- Visitors from the Jenny M -- Census year -- Off to Nome! -- Dawson -- George and I take a pack trip -- Dominion #7 Above, Lower Creek -- Gold-filled mammoth teeth -- We weather a labor strike -- I return home.