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Gold rush dogs / Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh.
- Title
- Gold rush dogs / Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh.
- Author
- Murphy, Claire Rudolf.
- Publication
- Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, c2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | SF422.6.A4 M87 2001 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Haigh, Jane G.
- Description
- 119 p. : ill., ports.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Illustrated with historical black and white photos and based on intrpid historical resources, this is a titles no dog-loving Alaskan child will want to miss.
- Subject
- Dogs > Alaska > History > 19th century
- Dogs > Alaska > History > 20th century
- Dogs > Yukon Territory > History > 19th century
- Dogs > Yukon Territory > History > 20th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska
- Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon Territory
- Dogs > Yukon > History > 19th century
- Dogs > Yukon > History > 20th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 115) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction, the indispensable dog of the northland -- Stickeen, glacier explorer -- Before the gold rush -- John Muir, glacier guru -- The Tahltan bear dog -- Julian, mighty mastiff -- The Klondike gold rush -- The mastiff, gentle giant -- Mounties and their dogs [RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police] -- Sergeant Preston and King -- Nero, big dog, big heart -- The St. Bernard to the rescue -- Literary lead dogs -- Dog wanted -- Hudson Stuck and his dogs -- Yukon, his mater's guardian -- One-man dog -- Dead Horse Trail -- Soapy Smith and Skagway -- The demise of Soapy Smith -- Joe Burke, dog and man -- Faust, fearless friend -- The American water spaniel -- No roads lead to Nome -- The malamute -- Working dogs of the north -- The pupmobile.
- Baldy, loyal leader -- The mixed-breed sled dog -- Sled-dog racing in Nome -- Scotty Allan -- Native mushers, keeping the spirit alive [Aboriginal peoples] -- Baldy's biographer -- Togo, born to lead -- Siberian husky -- Great Serum Run of 1925 -- Leonhard Seppala -- A Harrowing ride -- Balto, hero of the hour -- the Lapphund, Norwegian reindeer dog -- Carrying the mail -- On the Iditarod Trail -- Patsy Ann, Princess of the Piers -- Juneau Gold -- Sole survivor -- The bull terrier.
- ISBN
- 0882405349 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^00010426^
- OCLC
- 44619363
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library