Yukon: Life Between the Gold Rush & the Alaska Highway

ISBN-13: 9781926991092 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 240 str.

Joann Robertson

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Joann Robertson's grandfather moved to the Yukon in 1897 to make hisfortune. He did not succeed, but loved the North and decided to settlethere. Leaving their eldest two children in London, his wife joinedhim in 1899. They had six more children born in various settlements.The life the family lived and the work they did-telegraphy, dog teammail delivery, teaching and working in the gold-mining industry-were typical of the Yukon during this era.From memories of her Yukon youth, family