Yukon

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Yukon

Name: Yukon
Brand: Granville Island Publishing (CA)
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Life Between the Gold Rush & the Alaska Highway

Written by Joann Robertson

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Joann Robertson's grandfather moved to the Yukon in 1897 to make his fortune. He did not succeed, but loved the North and decided to settle there. Leaving their eldest two children in London, his wife joined him in 1899. They had six more children born in various settlements. The life the family lived and the work they did -- telegraphy, dog team mail delivery, teaching and working in the gold-mining industry -- were typical of the Yukon during this era. From memories of her Yukon youth, family letters, photographs, unpublished works and news clippings, Joann describes the life of her and other families during this little-known period of Yukon time. Her narrative -- at one point describing the dismantling of a Model T Ford to smuggle it by canoe across a river in the dead of night -- echoes her love of this unique society.

Joann Robertson is the granddaughter of a Yukon pioneer and riverboat pilot. Born in Dawson City, she spent the first 10 years of her childhood in Bear Creek -- the centre of gold production from the early 1900s to 1966. Later, she lived on the Alaska Highway and in Whitehorse before moving south to British Columbia. She has a degree in Sociology from Simon Fraser University and presently lives in Vancouver.

ISBN-13: 9781926991092
Publisher: Granville Island Publishing
Imprint: Granville Island Publishing (CA)
Publication date: 2 July 2012
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 230 x 155 mm
Illustrations: b/w photos, maps, letters & newspaper articles
Language: English