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UNINA9910791357403321 |
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Wickersham James <1857-1939.> |
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Titolo |
Old Yukon [[electronic resource] ] : tales, trails, and trials / / by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole |
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Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (354 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classic reprint series ; ; no. 10 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska |
Courts - Alaska |
Alaska History Anecdotes |
Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) History Anecdotes |
Alaska Trials, litigation, etc Anecdotes |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this humorous and upbeat memoir, James Wickersham describes his career as a pioneer judge and later as a congressional representative assigned to a vast, snow-covered district, extending over 300,000 square miles in the undeveloped Alaska Territory. Wickersham's many adventures include traveling by dogsled over hundreds of miles through snow-covered mountains; serving as judge for the trials of many famous outlaws in the midst of the gold strikes; and hunting, mining, and climbing in his local Alaska wilderness. Though he was instrumental in the early history of Alaska, and his legacy is e. |
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