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An inscribed copy of what Kurutz calls "one of the most dramatic and riveting recollections that can be found in the literature of the Alaska gold rushes." The text recounts trials and tribulations while lost in the wilderness of Alaska's Seward peninsula from July through August 1900, where the author nearly starved to death. Written in Teller, Alaska, in the months during his recovery from his near-death experience, the author self-published his story nine years later. This copy was inscribed by the author two decades after the events described: "With the most pleasant recollections of old times, I remain your friend the author Watsonville, May 23rd 1921." James Hall was a lawyer from Watsonville, California, practicing in San Francisco. In early 1900, a friend asked Hall to accompany him to the gold fields of Alaska, and after some consideration, Hall decided to try his luck. After some preparation and an uneventful journey by steamboat and foot to Teller, Alaska, Hall was asked in July to accompany some men on a four-day journey to look at a quartz prospect that could be rich with gold. During a mountain climb, Hall was separated from the other members of his team in the fog, becoming hopelessly lost. Thus began Hall's sixty-seven-day journey in the Alaskan wilderness, subsisting on water, roots, and berries. This eminently readable narrative takes the reader through the Alaskan wilderness as the author tries to return to Teller without a compass or food. Over two months later, Hall is found by some young prospectors who save him from starvation and bring him back to the camp, where he wrote this article and worked briefly with a doctor to administer to other poor, injured prospectors. Hall eventually returned to California in 1901. The illustrations show Hall in black-and-white photographs both before and after his arduous journey. The text of Hall's journey is followed by four affidavits vouching for Hall's honesty, a nine-page description of Inuit culture, life in Nome, and his stories of prospectors. An inscribed copy of this entertaining and enlightening Klondike classic. KURUTZ, KLONDIKE 229. LINGENFELTER AK:729. Light blue publisher's cloth, titles stamped in black on front board. Light soiling and shelf wear, starts to front hinge. Faint toning to margins and light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean internally. Inscribed in ink by the author on front free endpaper. A very good copy.
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