Land Gone Lonesome: An Inland Voyage along the Yukon River

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In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O’Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River. His journey downriver to Circle City, Alaska, is an expedition into the history of the river and its land, and a record of the inimitable and little known inhabitants of the region. With the distinct perspective of an insider, A Land Gone Lonesome gives us an intelligent, rhapsodic-and ultimately, probably the last-portrait of the Yukon and its ...
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Overview

In his square-sterned canoe, Alaskan author Dan O’Neill set off from Dawson, Yukon Territory, onetime site of the Klondike gold rush, to trace the majestic Yukon River. His journey downriver to Circle City, Alaska, is an expedition into the history of the river and its land, and a record of the inimitable and little known inhabitants of the region. With the distinct perspective of an insider, A Land Gone Lonesome gives us an intelligent, rhapsodic-and ultimately, probably the last-portrait of the Yukon and its authentic inhabitants.
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Editorial Reviews

New York Times Book Review
O'Neill casts a mold of the Yukon landscape before nature takes back the last human footprint.
Oregon magazine
O'Neill is a talented historian . . . His witty travelogue includes epic themes of self-reliance, heroism and humanity.
Booklist
O'Neill's love of the land shines through on every page.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781582433646
  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publication date: 6/25/2007
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 1,126,245
  • Product dimensions: 5.60 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Meet the Author

Dan O’Neill is the author of A Land Gone Lonesomeand The Last Giant of Beringia. He was named Alaska Historian of the Year by the Alaska Historical Society for The Firecracker Boys. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Table of Contents


Dawson City Yukon Territory     1
Moosehide     9
Cnandindu River     17
Fifteenmile River     23
Halfway House     25
Cassiar Creek     27
Hammer Bar/Sunset Creek     30
Fortymile River and Forty Mile     31
Coal Creek     40
Old Man and Old Woman Rocks     41
Mel's Camp     42
Stan Zuray     46
Bill Fliris/Ichthyophonus Hoferi     49
Dozen Islands     53
Fanning Creek     54
Poppy Creek     55
Robert Cameron's Cabin     57
Bio Camp     58
The Border     69
Steve Ulvi and Lynette Roberts     60
Eagle     65
Seymour Able     69
Calico Bluff     80
Seventymile River     81
Seventymile City and Star City     86
Tatonduk River, Heinie Miller     86
Dick Cook     89
Wood Islands     121
Montauk Bluff     123
Pollack Joe     126
Nation River/Dave Evans     129
Nation City     140
Taylor's Place     141
Ivy City     142
Rock Creek     143
Glenn Creek     147
Seymour's Old Camp     148
Tne Steam Tractor     151
George Beck's Cabin at Washington Creek     152
Washington Creek Roadhouse     152
Charley's Village     154
Sarge Waller's Cabin     155
Ricketts's Cabin     156
Biederman's     157
Kandik Trappers     162
Randy Brown     165
Dirty Fred's Cabin     173
Mail Trail Way Station     175
Crazy Man Island     176
Ed Gelvin's A-Frame     178
Charley River/Charlie Kidd     180
Ames Cabin     183
Sam Creek/Carolyn Kelly     189
Slaven's Roadhouse Coal Creek     196
Coal Creek Dredge and Camp     197
Woodchopper Roadhouse     200
Woodchopper Creek/Joe Vogler     201
Eureka Creek/The Other Fortymile     213
Falcons and Jaguars     220
Shahnyaati'     228
Into Circle City     230
Afterword     238
Index     245
Acknowledgments     243
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