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_aSpurr, Josiah Edward, _d1870-1950 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aThrough the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2013 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2013-10-25 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive). | ||
| 520 | _a"Through the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel" by Josiah Edward Spurr is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the author's personal travels through the Yukon region during a time when the gold diggings were just beginning to gain notoriety, tales that would soon draw many adventurers and fortune seekers to the area. It provides detailed descriptions of the settings, challenges, and experiences encountered by Spurr and his companions as they navigate the wilderness and the nascent gold rush era. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces himself and sets the stage for his journey in 1896, prior to the Klondike gold rush. Spurr details his experiences aboard a steamer traveling north from Seattle through stunning landscapes, with the passengers displaying a mix of curiosity and naiveté about the challenges that await them. He provides rich descriptions of the coastal scenery, the native tribes encountered, and the sense of adventure that compels him and fellow travelers to push onward toward the Yukon gold fields. Their collective experiences begin on the journey to Dyea, illustrating the blend of excitement and apprehension that comes with the promise of fortune in an untamed land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aAlaska -- Description and travel | ||
| 653 | _aKlondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries | ||
| 653 | _aYukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Gold discoveries | ||
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