The Young Alaskans on the Trail : A Romance

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910165256903321
• Autore: Hough Emerson
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Auckland : , : Floating Press, The, , 2015; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-77667-657-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (242 pages)
• Disciplina: 830
• Soggetti: British Columbia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title -- Contents -- I - Taking the Trail -- II - The Gate of the Mountains -- III - Studying Out the Trail -- IV - The Great Divide -- V - Crossing the Height of Land -- VI - Following Mackenzie -- VII - Around the Camp-Fire -- VIII - A Hunt for Bighorn -- IX - A Night in the Mountains -- X - How the Split-Stone Lake was Named -- XI - Lessons in Wild Life -- XII - Wild Country and Wilderness Ways -- XIII - The Caribou Hunt -- XIV - Exploring the Wilderness -- XV - In the Big Waters -- XVI - The Grizzly Hunt -- XVII - The Young Alaskans' "Lob-Stick -- XVIII - Bad Luck with the "Mary Ann -- XIX - New Plans -- XX - The Gorge of the Mountains -- XXI - The Portage of the Rocky Mountains -- XXII - East of the Rockies -- XXIII - The Land of Plenty -- XXIV - The White Man's Country -- XXV - How the Ermine Got His Tail Black -- XXVI - Trailing the Bear -- XXVII - The End of the Old War-Trail -- XXVIII - Steamboating in the Far North -- XXIX - A Moose Hunt -- XXX - Farthest North -- XXXI - Homeward Bound -- XXXII - Leaving the Trail.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this thrilling action-adventure novel for younger audiences, lifelong chums Rob McIntyre, John Hardy and Jesse Wilcox set off on a grueling, life-changing trek in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains with their friend Uncle Dick, a civil engineer and skilled outdoorsman.