Alaska : an empire in the making
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Underwood, John J. (John Jasper), 1871-
issued: 2022-06-14
issued: 1913
description: "Includes a brief description of a journey through the Inside Passage and over the White Pass and Yukon Railway. Also: London, T. Fisher Unwin [1913] From the same printing. Also: New York, Dodd Mead and Company, 1915 [cI913] Also: 1918 [cI913] Also: 1920 [cI913] Also: Rev. ed. 1925 [cl925] Also: London, John Lane, The Bodley Head Ltd., 1925. Also: New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928 [cI925]"-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 282.
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extent: xvi, 12 unnumbered pages of plates, 48 unnumbered leaves of plates, 440 pages : frontispiece (photograph), photographs, portraits, map (folded) ; 22 cm
format: application/pdf
note: ALASKA AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING ALASKA AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING JOHN J. UNDERWOOD Tie first low wash of-wa-uc, -when The elements ofempire here Are plastic jet and -warm, The chaos of a mighty-world Is rounding into firm." —Whitsitr NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY Published, Marc, m THOSE GOOD FELLOWS 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT The information contained in this book was gathered during and the Yukon Territory. Much of this time, it is true, was spent in fishing, hunting, exploring, mining, and various ways other than the acquisition of data. But what has been written is as accurate as it is humanly possible to make it. The writer's notes and observations have been checked up with government reports and other official documents, and the works of Alfred H. Brooks, Chief of the Geological Survey in Alaska, Skidmore's " History of Sitka," Dall's " Resources of Alaska," Senator Sumner's speech on the resources of Alaska, and various documents in the state, treasury and other departments of the government have been freely consulted. It is hoped that it will serve not only as a guide for tourists and sightseers who visit the Northern wonderland, but also that it may contain matters of interest to the stock raiser, the fanner, the miner, the prospector, the investor, and those who may go to Alaska for purposes other than sight-seeing. A few of the photographs herein reproduced were taken by the writer, but the majority of them represent the work of several professional photographers situated in different parts of the Northland. THE lure of the north Blood red, like a gigantic ball of fire, the sun was sinking to rest behind the filmy cloud of sulphurous smoke that zephyred lazily from the summit of Mount Katmai. Its rays suffused the snow-capped crests of adjacent peaks with shimmering pink and purple hues, as of millions of s gems reposing on a bed of whi 1 India xd a : the lite velvet. Like one hypnotised, :, magnificent beyond description. An officer of the law touched the savage up…
note: Other copies : http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/906988569 Part of: Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection
has type: Books
has type: Travel literature
identifier: F5909 .U41
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0414217
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead and Company
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5909 .U41
subject: Alaska--Description and travel
subject: Travel
subject: Alaska
type: Text