Title Guarding the goldfields : the story of the Yukon Field Force / [introduced and edited] by Brereton Greenhous ; maps by William R. Constable

Published Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1987

Click on the following:
EBSCO eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 24 Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 24. 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 Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Lester, Edward, 1861-1938 -- Diaries SUBJECT Lester, Edward, 1861-1938 fast Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force. SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Army. Yukon Field Force fast Kanada Yukon Field Force gnd Subject Soldiers -- Yukon -- Diaries Soldiers -- Yukon -- Diaries HISTORY -- General. Gold mines and mining Soldiers Goldrausch SUBJECT Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85072653 Subject Yukon Yukon -- Klondike River Valley Klondike-Gebiet Genre/Form Diaries Form Electronic book Author Greenhous, Brereton, 1929- Canadian Museum of Civilization. Canadian War Museum National Museums of Canada. ISBN 9781554881819 1554881811 9781459713437 1459713435

  Permalink