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Author Wickersham, James, 1857-1939.

Title Old Yukon : tales, trails, and trials / by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole.

Publication Info. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xlix, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Classic reprint series ; no. 10
Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10.
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.
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Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Anecdotes.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Alaska.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Subject Courts -- Alaska -- Anecdotes.
Courts.
Alaska -- History -- Anecdotes.
History.
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- History -- Anecdotes.
Alaska -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Anecdotes.
Added Author Cole, Terrence, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: Wickersham, James, 1857-1939. Old Yukon. Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008053232
ISBN 9781602231139 (electronic book)
1602231133 (electronic book)
9781602230514 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
160223051X (paperback ; alkaline paper)