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

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Superior document:Classic reprint series ; no. 10
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10.
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Physical Description:xlix, 302 p. :; ill., maps.
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Other title:Introduction --
The 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 --
The Yukon River winter trail --
Triple murder in the Aleutians --
The Anvil Creek conspiracy --
The corruption of the court --
Liars and thieves --
Social life at Nome, 1901-1902 --
The dog trail from Circle to Fairbanks --
Fairbanks and the Tanana mines --
The Mount McKinley expedition --
Up the Kantishna --
The approach --
On the slopes of Denali --
Rafting home --
Three thousand miles of justice --
The Valdez-Fairbanks trail in 1905 --
The judge goes on trial.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781602230514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
160223051X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole.