Old Yukon : Tales, Trails, and Trials

✍ Scribed by James Wickersham; Terrence Cole

• Publisher: University of Alaska Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 354
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.a WickershamOCOs 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 evident throughout the stateOCofor example, he named the city of FairbanksOCothis is the first and only work to focus on WickershamOCOs life during this pivotal time in AlaskaOCOs history. "

✦ Subjects

Alaska -- History -- Anecdotes.