Charles River Editors
ASIN: B00USXM4MG
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 51
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the gold rush written by participants*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Alaska is the land of the Nineteenth Century Argonauts; and the Golden Fleece hidden away among its snowcapped and glacier-clad mountains is not the pretty creation of mythological fame, but yellow nuggets which may be transformed into the coin of the realm. The vast territory into which these hardy soldiers of fortune penetrate is no less replete with wonders than the fabled land into which Jason is said to have led his band of adventurers. There is this difference, however, between the frozen land of the North and the fabled land of mythology. There is nothing conjectural about Alaska or its golden treasure. Jason led his band into an unknown country without the certain knowledge that the treasure he was seeking was there.” – A.C. ...