Yukon : Life Between the Gold Rush & the Alaska Highway
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1926991095
ISBN-13
9781926991092
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing
Imprint
Granville Island Publishing
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 2nd, 2012
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
482 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
History of the AmericasSocial & cultural history
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Joann Robertson''s grandfather moved to the Yukon in 1897 to make his fortune. He did not succeed, but loved the North and decided to settle there. Leaving their eldest two children in London, his wife joined him in 1899. They had six more children born in various settlements. The life the family lived and the work they did -- telegraphy, dog team mail delivery, teaching and working in the gold-mining industry -- were typical of the Yukon during this era. From memories of her Yukon youth, family letters, photographs, unpublished works and news clippings, Joann describes the life of her and other families during this little-known period of Yukon time. Her narrative -- at one point describing the dismantling of a Model T Ford to smuggle it by canoe across a river in the dead of night -- echoes her love of this unique society.
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