Adventures in Alaska
By
S. HALL YOUNG, D.D.
Alaska Days with John Muir. Illustrated,12mo, cloth....
"Do you remember Stickeen, thecanine hero of John Muir's dog story?Here is a book by the man who ownedStickeen and was Muir's companion onthe adventurous trip among the Alaskanglaciers. This is not only a breezyoutdoor book, full of the wild beautiesof the Alaskan wilderness, it is also aliving portrait of John Muir in the greatmoments of his career."—New YorkTimes.
"I can see only one fault with thebook, it is far too short. I should love toread such a book as big as the dictionary.Thank you very much!"—GeneStratton-Porter.
"One need not be an admirer of JohnMuir to be thoroughly entertained by thelively pages. The Muir of this book isthe familiar vibrant personality. Thislittle book, the record of these trips, iswritten in a style animated and vividwithout being journalistic—a style notunlike that of the lover of glaciershimself."—The Nation.
Adventures in Alaska
By
S. HALL YOUNG
Author of "Alaska Days with John Muir,"
"The Klondike Clan"
Illustrated
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Copyright, 1919, by
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Stalking Walrus in an Oomiak
Dr. Young's figure is to the left. This isthe time he got his ivory for the gavels
Foreword
The author puts forth this little bookof actual adventures in the greatnew land of Alaska with the hopethat it will afford healthy-minded youngpeople a true idea of some phases of humanand animal life there. These stories arepicked out of an experience of forty yearsand selected with a view to both unity andvariety.
The first three chapters are an attempt todraw in bold outline some dramatic episodesof the author's experience in the second ofthe three great gold stampedes of the Northwest.All these struggles for gold have inthem richly dramatic elements. Life insuch camps pulses strongly with all humanambitions, affections and passions. Themissionary, if