| Description |
1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 24 |
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Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 24.
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| Contents |
""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction “The Golden Mecca of the North�""; ""Archival Detective Work: The Provenance of the Lester Diary""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Plenty of good hard graft�""; ""Faith Fenton�s Despatches “Special Correspondence of the Globe�""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Damn the Goldfields altogether�""; ""Faith Fenton�s & Georgia Powell�s Despatches “From mountain to swamp and bog�""; ""Edward Lester�s Diary “Up to our waists in ice-cold water�""; ""Faith Fenton�s Last Despatch “The Yukon Jollies�"" |
| Summary |
A history of the Yukon Field Force, an ad hoc unit of the Canadian Militia which only existed for two years, from 1898 to 1900, based on the diary of Edward Lester, an English immigrant who served in the Force as a private soldier. Includes Lester's diary (p.130-206) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Lester, Edward, 1861-1938 -- Diaries
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Lester, Edward, 1861-1938. |
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Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force.
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Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force. |
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Kanada Yukon Field Force |
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Soldiers -- Yukon -- Diaries
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Soldiers -- Yukon -- Diaries
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HISTORY -- General.
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Gold mines and mining.
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Soldiers.
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Goldrausch.
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Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries.
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Yukon.
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Yukon -- Klondike River Valley.
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Klondike-Gebiet
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| Genre/Form |
Diaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenhous, Brereton, 1929-
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Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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Canadian War Museum
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National Museums of Canada.
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| ISBN |
9781554881819 |
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1554881811 |
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9781459713437 |
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1459713435 |
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