Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Classic reprint series ; no. 10
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Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Genesis of an Alaska court -- Dawson and the Klondike mines -- Planting American courts in the wilderness -- Common law of the trail -- Riding the Arctic circuit -- Yukon River winter trail -- Triple murder in the Aleutians -- Anvil Creek conspiracy -- Corruption of the court -- Liars and thieves -- Social life at Nome, 1901-1902 -- Dog trail from Circle to Fairbanks -- Fairbanks and the Tanana mines -- Mount McKinley expedition -- Up the Kantishna -- Approach -- On the slopes of Denali -- Rafting home -- Three thousand miles of justice -- Valdez-Fairbanks trail in 1905 -- Judge goes on trial. |
Summary |
In this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham's many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is e. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Anecdotes.
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Frontier and pioneer life. |
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Alaska. |
Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Subject |
Courts -- Alaska -- Anecdotes.
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Courts. |
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Alaska -- History -- Anecdotes.
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History. |
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Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- History -- Anecdotes.
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Alaska -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Anecdotes.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Anecdotes.
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Added Author |
Cole, Terrence, 1953-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Wickersham, James, 1857-1939. Old Yukon. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008053232 |
ISBN |
9781602231139 (electronic book) |
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1602231133 (electronic book) |
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9781602230514 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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160223051X (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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