The Wilderness of Denali
1st Edition
Published on 14. February 2000
432 pages
978-1-4616-6153-5 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1930, The Wilderness of Denali is a memoir of three years of hunting the area of Alaska surrounding Mt. McKinley. It is a classic of American adventure?a book written by a man who was willing to risk his life in pursuit of grizzly bears and the elusive mountain sheep. The account was written each night by campfire as Sheldon discovered what is still regarded as the most scenic wilderness in America.
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Charles Sheldon was born in Rutland, Vermont in 1867. He was educated at Yale and became a successful businessman. He retired at the age of 36 and devoted himself to hunting big game and charting the habits of North American mammals. Five species of mammals have been named in his honor. Sheldon was instrumental in the establishment of National Park status for Mount McKinley.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Denali.1906
- Chapter 1: First Trip to Denali and the Upper Toklat, 1906
- Chapter 2: Denali, 1906
- Chapter 3: Traveling Along the Alaska Range, 1906
- Chapter 4: Head of the Toklat, 1906
- Chapter 5: Searching for Big Rams, 1906
- Chapter 6: Head of the Teklanika, 1906
- Chapter 7: Experiences with Grizzly Bears on the Teklanika, 1906
- Chapter 8: Looking for Caribou, 1906
- Chapter 9: Back to the Yukon River, 1906
- Chapter 10: Incidents while Traveling up the Yukon, 1906
- Part II: Denali.1907-1908
- Chapter 11: Return to Denali and the Head of Toklat River, 1907
- Chapter 12: Building the Cabin
- Hunting Big Game
- Incredible Abundance of Mice, 1907
- Chapter 13: To the Teklanika Country
- Sheep
- Caribou
- Moose
- Cross Foxes, 1907
- Chapter 14: Autumn Days
- Caribou
- Sheep
- Black Fox, 1907
- Chapter 15: North in the Caribou Country
- The Caribou Rut
- Moose Hunting, 1907
- Chapter 16: Beginning of Winter
- A Bear Hunt
- Storing Habit of Jays, 1907
- Chapter 17: Winter Neighbors of the Wilderness, 1907
- Chapter 18: Visitors at the Cabin
- Ram Hunting, 1907
- Chapter 19: The Sheep Rut, 1907
- Chapter 20: Dog Sledding
- Caribou Hunting
- Unidentified Monuments, 1907
- Chapter 21: Battles of the Big Rams
- Hunting Old Rams, 1907
- Chapter 22: Lynx Killing Sheep, 1907
- Chapter 23: Moose Hunting at Base of Denali, 1907
- Chapter 24: Hunting at North Base of Denali
- Antics of Caribou at Sight of Trail
- Lynx and Raven
- Another Sheep Killed by Lynx, 1908
- Chapter 25: Back to the Toklat Cabin, 1908
- Chapter 26: Open Water at the Toklat Cutoff
- Mallards and Ouzels Wintering There
- Minchumina Indians
- Return to the Cabin
- Silver Fox, 1908
- Chapter 27: A Captive Wolverine Guests at the Cabin
- Quigley's Experience with a Lynx, 1908
- Chapter 28: Dangerous Stalk for Rams on Polychrome Mountain
- The Coveted Rams Killed
- Wolves, 1908
- Chapter 29: Tramping and Hunting from the Cabin
- Wolverine Lynx and White Rabbits
- Ground Squirrels
- Early Birds
- First Grizzly of Spring, 1908
- Chapter 30: Abundance and Antics of Short-Eared Owls
- Grizzly Bears, 1908
- Chapter 31: Signs of Spring
- Trip to Stony Creek
- Cock Ptarmigan Fights
- Eagles Attacking Lambs
- Birds Indicate Movements of Grizzly Bear, 1908
- Chapter 32: More Grizzlies
- Last Days on the Toklat, 1908
- Chapter 33: Farewell to Denali
- Swimming the Nenana on Horse back
- Down the Tanana and Yukon to St. Michael
- Thence to Nome and Seattle
- Plea for the Name Denali, 1908
- Chapter 34: Trees
- Chapter 35: Temperatures
- Appendices:
- Birds of Upper Toklat Region
- Mammals of Alaska Range
- New Species of Mammals Discovered by Charles Sheldon in Alaska and Elsewhere
- New Species of Mammals Collected by Charles Sheldon and Named in His Honor
- Number of Mammal Skins and Skulls Collected by Charles Sheldon and Presented to Biological Survey Collection, United States National Museum
- Localities in which Sheldon Hunted
- List of Tribes and Bands Mentioned in the Journals
- Index
