KLONDIKE DIARY. TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE KLONDIKE RUSH OF 1897 - 1898

Published by Beattie and Company, 1949., Portland, Oregon, 1949

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First edition. 8vo. Inscribed at the end of the Introduction by Mary Ada Medill, wife of the author. "To my good friends --- --. Very sincerely, Mary Ada Medill." Light blue cloth, titles stamped in black on the front cover and spine, iv, 188 pp., frontispiece [portraits], illustrated from photographs. Inscribed by the wife of the author and she was also the editor, who assembled this book based on her husband?s diary, letters & notes and published posthumously. Both Robert and his brother Duncan Medill caught gold fever in 1897 and headed for the Klondike via Seattle August. 20, 1897, taking the crowded Willamette steamer to Juneau, and arriving at Dyea Sept. 4. They made the grueling trek over the Chilkoot Pass, constructed a boat and proceeded down the Yukon River, where they eventually tried to make a go as miners, while meeting Swiftwater Bill Gates, and Big Alex McDonald. Duncan came down with scurvy, and the boys decided to head home. A fascinating account of the gold rush and quite scarce in the original dust jacket. Former owner's name embossed on the lower portion of the front free fly leaf else a fine bright copy in the elusive dust jacket lightly soiled on the rear cover, with light wear to the spine ends and corners and small chips, nicks and closed tears to the extremities.

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Title
KLONDIKE DIARY. TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE KLONDIKE RUSH OF 1897 - 1898
Author
MEDILL, ROBERT B.
Publisher
Beattie and Company, 1949., Portland, Oregon
Publication year
1949
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Dust Jacket Included
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Hardcover
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1st Edition

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