Guarding the Goldfields
The story of the Yukon Field Force
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 1996
225 pages
978-1-55488-181-9 (ISBN)
Description
Canada's gold rush of the late 1890s attracted dreamers and schemers from all over North America. Guarding the Goldfields is the story of the men sent to guard the Yukon and maintain order.
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09/1996
Dundurn Group Ltd
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Content
- Intro
- 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"
- Edward Lester's Diary: Life at Fort Selkirk
- Postscript: Character and Circumstance
