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Fortune's distant shores : a history of the Kotzebue Sound gold stampede in Alaska's arctic

Title
Fortune's distant shores : a history of the Kotzebue Sound gold stampede in Alaska's arctic / Chris Allan.
Author
Allan, Chris (Historian)
Publication
[Bettles, Alaska] : National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, 2019.

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Additional Authors
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (Agency : U.S.), issuing body.
Description
xvii, 169 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm
Alternative Title
  • History of the Kotzebue Sound gold stampede in Alaska's arctic
  • Kotzebue Sound gold stampede in Alaska's arctic
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Gold miners > Alaska > Kotzebue Sound > History > 19th century
  • Gold mines and mining > Alaska > Kotzebue Sound > History > 19th century
  • Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska > Kotzebue Sound
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Gold miners
  • Gold mines and mining
  • Arctic Ocean > Kotzebue Sound
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Historic context study for: Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Noatak National Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166).
Contents
Change comes to Kotzebue Sound -- On that desolate shore -- Up the Kobuk River -- Time and plenty of it -- Duped and deceived -- Barney Cogan's legacy -- Appendices: List of Kobuk River gold camps ; List of stampeders dead and missing.
Call Number
JFF 20-453
ISBN
  • 9780578476636
  • 0578476630
LCCN
2019394468
OCLC
1109396244
Author
Allan, Chris (Historian), author.
Title
Fortune's distant shores : a history of the Kotzebue Sound gold stampede in Alaska's arctic / Chris Allan.
Publisher
[Bettles, Alaska] : National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, 2019.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-166).
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Added Author
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve (Agency : U.S.), issuing body.
Gpo Item No.
0648
Sudoc No.
I 29.2:G 22/8
Research Call Number
JFF 20-453
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