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Examines the history, geography, climate, industries, people, and culture of Canada's most remote and untamed region. ... Read more

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Call of the Yukon
This book is very informative and interesting. It provides information about all aspects of the Yukon. It is a must-read book for anyone planning on traveling to the Territory.For those who have not yet been to the Yukon, this book will make you want to travel there in order to experience the majestic geology, and learn of its unique history.For those who have been, this book will remind you once again of the amazing landscapes and of the interesting Yukoners who's lives add so much character to this wonderful area of Canada.Having just returned from a visit to the Yukon, I recommend this as the first book anyone should read on the subject whether you are planning a visit or simply reading to learn more about the world.
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"High hopes and Dashed Dreams" celebrates the centennial of the Klondike Gold rush. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Dictionary of American History, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 369 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Northern Review, published by Northern Review on March 22, 2010. The length of the article is 14728 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Humble dreams: an historical perspective on Yukon agriculture since 1846.(Report)
Author: Sally Robinson
Publication: Northern Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2010
Publisher: Northern Review
Issue: 32Page: 135(33)

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Author John Firth provides the reader with a very intimate view of the Yukon Quest dog sled race which runs between Whitehorse, Yukon and Fairbanks, Alaska. By telling the story of one race in detail, Firth follows the teams as they travel on the fractured ice of the Yukon River, through rugged, northern wilderness, over windswept mountains, in blizzards and bone-chilling cold.

"Yukon Quest" shows in vivid detail the enormous commitment involved in caring for up to 14 dogs in a team.

The book also includes anecdotes from all the races and a list of all the mushers who have ever participated, along with race results. ... Read more

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This is where mans best friend really shows himself.
The Yukon Quest is a 1000 mile dog sled race through the Yukon and Alaska that pits man and is best friend against the worst Mother Nature has to offer. In this book John Firth takes the reader through each stage of the 1998 Yukon Quest. Also filled within the pages are anecdotes from all the races between 1984 to 1997. The stories are personal, they are real, they will make you laugh, they will make you cry, but most of all they will make you see the bond that the mushers have with their dogs. There is a relationship between the musher and his/her dog team that goes beyond that of a pet. There is trust, love, and the enjoyment of being together.The interactions between the mushers can be comical at times but it can also turn serious when necessary. Frith has many stories from the mushers that will show you both sides. The best thing about all the mushers is that no matter what, if someone needs help everyone will stop to help and forget about the race until everybody is safe. The must rely on each other, they are the only people around for hundereds of miles. It is not easy to cross 1000 miles of frozen land and water. They must help each other if they can. The book also gives a history of the race such as route changes and political problems encountered. The 1998 official race rules are included as are the results and awards from 1984 to 1998. ... Read more

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Excellent Alaska state history
The tone and tenor of this excellent history of Alaska matches perfectly the subject it details: straightforward, lively, tough-minded, and sincere. She relates the history of the state from the first Russian fur trading stations of the 1700s through the most recent trends, including the building of the Alaskan pipeline and modern mining developments. Still considered a frontier up to the present day, Webb focuses on various "frontiers" throughout Alaska's history: the trader's frontier, the explorer's frontier, the miner's frontier, and others, including transportation (3 chapters), the military, and missionaries. Webb has a great feel for this vast land and for the people who have chosen to inhabit it; she obviously is concerned with the big issues, but she also includes the simpler human-interest concerns, such as what mail carrier Ed Biederman went through to deliver the mail in winter in the early 1900s. Her writing is vivid and the story of Alaska that she tells is interesting and informative from beginning to end. Highly recommended. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Wind Speaker, published by Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) on June 1, 1997. The length of the article is 881 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Storytellers provide an alternative history (Yukon International Storytelling Festival).
Author: Allison Kydd
Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
Date: June 1, 1997
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 15Issue: 2Page: 8(sup)

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Superb Writing; Superb Story
"Memoirs of a Yukon Priest "by Segundo Llorente Georgetown University Press, 1990.
This is the autobiography of a Spaniard,(born in Leon, Spain), who spent most of his adult life as a missionary to the natives of Alaska.At the age of ten, Llorente went to the local preseminary school, where "...the main academic fare was Latin eight hours a day".Then, he studied at the Jesuit novitiate in Castile and, at twenty, he made plans to go to Alaska, which had no native priests.He was ordained a Jesuit priest in the United States, where he studied English at Gonzaga University. This illustrates one of the main themes in this book: language.Fr. Llorente had to first learn Spanish, then Latin, then English, and then the different Eskimo (Inuit) languages. In 1935, the author was a"...full-fledged priest" and, in the midst of the Great Depression, he was able to earn enough money to purchase a brand-new typewriter with Spanish characters, with which he intended to "... support myself in Alaska by writing for publication in his spare times". He must have written very well since the WEB lists quite a few books, in Spanish, under his name.

After the first seven pages of the book, introducing his life, the author spends the remainder of the book, about 233 pages, describing this life, his work, his loneliness, and his priesthood among the Eskimos in Alaska.He spends a few chapters on Alaska, itself, the Yukon River, the climate and especially travelling in the coldness of Winter.Much of the book, however, is devoted to his relations with the local people and the local priests.The writing is superb.

Throughout the book, there is a subliminal sense of humor, which surfaces, now and then, into print.Look at pages 64 and 65, where the town of Kotzebue wanted Fr. Llorente to treat them to a full-blown bull fight, since he was Spanish.The good father did so, pulled the bull by his tale, and then whacked the bull on his nose.Finally, the priest "...stood there with ... (his) ...cane raised to the sky - a symbol of victory".Fr. Llorente has written a very funny story of the convergence of two different cultures, the Spanish and the Eskimo, in the town common when a bull had been delivered. Later, the bull was butchered to serve as a source of protein for the coming long winter.

Besides all the material aspects of life, the good priest-author deals with the spiritual, showing signs of Spanish mysticism. Recall that both St. Theresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross were Spanish.When Fr. Llorente writes about Christ in the Holy Eucharist, with both of them alone in a cold church on the Yukon, his writing and description become very close to what I would consider mysticism. (See the first chapter of "Truth And Tolerance" by Josef Cardinal Ratzinger, Ignatius Press, 2003).

But Fr. Llorente was also man of the world, and was popular enough amongst his flock for them to elect him to the State Legislature.It would seem that he was the first Roman Catholic priest to be elected to a legislature in these United States. His service as a legislator brought him into a sort of conflict with his bishop, the Rev. O'Flanagan, who was concerned with separation of church and state; this brief episode is described at the very end of the book. This book is a wonderful record of the excellent efforts of one man, Fr. Segundo Llorente, S.J., 1906-1989.

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This digital document is an article from Northern Review, published by Northern Review on September 22, 2007. The length of the article is 6304 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Post-secondary education in the Yukon: the last thirty years.(Reprint)
Author: Aron Senkpiel
Publication: Northern Review (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2007
Publisher: Northern Review
Issue: 27Page: 6(14)

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