Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Classic reprint series ; no. 10 |
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Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Alaska -- Anecdotes
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Courts -- Alaska -- Anecdotes
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Courts
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Frontier and pioneer life
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Trials
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SUBJECT |
Alaska -- History -- Anecdotes
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Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- History -- Anecdotes
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Alaska -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Anecdotes
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Subject |
Alaska
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North America -- Yukon River Valley
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Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Cole, Terrence, 1953-
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LC no. |
2008053232 |
ISBN |
9781602231139 |
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1602231133 |
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