The Golden Grindstone: The Adventures of George H. Mitchell 1935 Klondike Gold Rush Yukon Loucheaux Indians by ANGUS hotsell GRAHAM

Title: The Golden Grindstone: The Adventures of George H. Mitchell

Author: (Recorded by) Angus Graham

Description: Tan cloth boards with teal lettering. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Interior is clean and pages crisp. Dust jacket shows a little rubbing on front panel and very slight edgewear; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. Ten in-text illustrations, four maps, frontispiece portrait of George Mitchell (by Kathleen Shackleton). viii, 304 pp. 8 x 5.75 inches.

George H. Mitchell's adventures in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-1899, as recorded by Angus Graham. Mitchell and his companions set out for Dawson City via the McKenzie-Peel River route and got hotsell as far as Fort McPherson before he broke broke his kneecap. He was left behind to recover and wintered over in a camp of Loucheaux.

The Golden Grindstone gives an extensive account of Mitchell's interactions with and observations of Native Americans and records many adventures and hazards encountered in the Yukon.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
Place: Philadelphia
Year: 1935

Keywords: Gold Rush, Klondike, Peel River, travel, Yukon, Canada, Loucheaux, Native Americans,