Old Yukon [[electronic resource] ] : tales, trails, and trials / / by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole

• Autore: Wickersham James <1857-1939.>
• Pubblicazione: Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 979.8
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - Alaska; Courts - Alaska
• Soggetto geografico: Alaska History Anecdotes; Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) History Anecdotes; Alaska Trials, litigation, etc Anecdotes
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ColeTerrence <1953->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Old Yukon
• ISBN: 1-60223-113-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458311603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; ; no. 10.