Hunt W.R. North of 53°: the wild days of the Alaska-Yukon mining frontier, 1870-1914. - Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 2009. - xvi, 328 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps. - Bibliogr.: p.311-321. - Ind.: p.323-328. - ISBN-10 1-60223-054-4; ISBN 978-1-60223-054-5  Место хранения:   046 | Институт гуманитарных исследований и проблем малочисленных народов Севера СО РАН | Якутск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Acknowledgments ............................................... vii Introduction .................................................. xvi Part I: Early Days on the Yukon 1 Opening the Land ............................................. 1 2 Early Trading ................................................ 7 3 Mining ...................................................... 10 4 Forty Mile .................................................. 14 5 Circle, 1893-96 ............................................. 18 Part II: The Klondike Era 6 Seattle Gets the News ....................................... 29 7 Skagway and Soapy Smith ..................................... 35 8 Chilkoot and White Passes ................................... 44 9 Army Help and Arctic Fraud .................................. 52 10 Yukon Voyage ................................................ 58 11 Glacier Madness ............................................. 63 12 Overland and River Routes ................................... 72 13 Dawson City ................................................. 78 14 Soldiers, Sailors, and Settlers on the Yukon ................ 84 Part III: Nome, Fairbanks, and Other Alaskan Camps 15 Nome—The American Klondike, 1899 ............................ 95 16 The Turbulent Scene, 1900 .................................. 110 17 Lawless Camp: Nome in 1900-1901 ............................ 122 18 Judge Wickersham in Eagle and Nome ......................... 129 19 The Founding of Fairbanks .................................. 136 20 Tanana Valley Style ........................................ 152 21 Founder-Swindler Barnette of Fairbanks ..................... 166 22 Restless Camps and Busy Trails ............................. 176 23 Soldier on the Yukon ....................................... 188 24 High Rollers and Their Recreations ......................... 193 25 Settling Down: George Pilcher, Will Ballou, and the Lomens ..................................................... 213 26 The Guggenheims Come to Alaska ............................. 222 27 Other Camps ................................................ 228 Part IV: The Different Frontier? 28 Law and Order .............................................. 243 29 The U.S. Government's Role in Alaska ....................... 251 30 Natives and the Mining Frontier ............................ 258 31 Northern Journalism ........................................ 266 32 Labor Strife ............................................... 274 33 James Wickersham and Gold Land Politics .................... 281 34 The Literary Frontier ...................................... 286 Epilogue ...................................................... 294 Notes ......................................................... 297 Bibliography .................................................. 311 Index ......................................................... 323