Frank Carlson Library

A history of the two-thousand-mile-long river that was once the major path from Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. Describes the climate, cities, peoples, gold fever, and dog sled and steamboat travel along this waterway that exists today as a potential source of electric power or an unspoiled wildlife sanctuary.

A magnificent Alaskan dog who leads his team to victory in the National Open Sled Dog Race, Kavik is bought by wealthy, unscrupulous businessman George Hunter, but his plane crashes en route to Seattle. Twelve-year-old Andy finds the badly wounded Kavik in the woods, nurses him back to health when no one believes he will survive, and loves the once proud dog, who is left fearful and cowardly by the accident. Hearing of Kavik's amazing recovery, Hunter...

A young man tries to fulfill his father's dying wish to find gold in the treacherous Yukon valley. His incredible journey begins when he meets a veteran gold miner who guides young Jack to his father's claim. Along the way, Jack discovers a kindred spirit who will change his life forever--a magnificent wolf-dog named White Fang. From the taming of a wolf, to the taming of the wild, he must find the courage to conquer his fears and become a man.

The Klondike Quest brings to life the panoramic drama of the great stampede for gold as seen by the ordinary gold-seeker. The photographs are beautifully reproduced and informatively and colorfully captioned. "One million people, it is said, laid plans to go to the Klondike. One hundred thousand actually set off. And so the Klondike saga is a chronicle of humanity in the mass ... For the next eighteen months, the Yukon interior plateau became a human...

Orphaned fourteen-year-old James decides to join the "stampeders" heading to the Yukon gold rush, and along the way joins up with two unusual partners who share a common bond of wanting to strike it rich.

Using primary source materials from three individuals around whom the narrative revolves, best-selling author Blum tells a story of the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush.