Old Yukon tales, trails, and trials / [electronic resource] :
by James Wickersham ; edited and abridged by Terrence Cole.
- Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2009.
- xlix, 302 p. : ill., maps.
- Classic reprint series ; no. 10 .
- Classic reprint series (Fairbanks, Alaska) ; no. 10. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The genesis of an Alaska court -- Dawson and the Klondike mines -- Planting American courts in the wilderness -- Common law of the trail -- Riding the Arctic circuit -- The Yukon River winter trail -- Triple murder in the Aleutians -- The Anvil Creek conspiracy -- The corruption of the court -- Liars and thieves -- Social life at Nome, 1901-1902 -- The dog trail from Circle to Fairbanks -- Fairbanks and the Tanana mines -- The Mount McKinley expedition -- Up the Kantishna -- The approach -- On the slopes of Denali -- Rafting home -- Three thousand miles of justice -- The Valdez-Fairbanks trail in 1905 -- The judge goes on trial.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Anecdotes. Courts--Alaska--Anecdotes.
Alaska--History--Anecdotes. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)--History--Anecdotes. Alaska--Trials, litigation, etc.--Anecdotes.