This collection of Alaskan adventures begins with a newspaper
article written by John Muir during his first visit to Alaska in
1879, when the sole U.S. government representative in all the
territory's 586,412 square miles was a lone customs official in
Sitka. It closes with accounts of the gold rush and the 1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Jean Meaux has gathered
a superb collection of articles and stories that captivated
American readers when they were first published and that will
continue to entertain us today. The authors range from Charles
Hallock (the founder of Forest and Stream, a precursor of Field and
Stream) to New York society woman Mary Hitchcock, who traveled with
china, silver, and a 2,800 square foot tent. After explorer Henry
Allen wore out his boots, he marched barefoot as he continued
mapping the Tanana River, and Episcopal Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
mushed by dog sled in Arctic winters across a territory
encompassing 250,000 miles of the northern interior.
Although the United States acquired Alaska in 1867, it took more
than a decade for American writers and explorers to focus attention
on a territory so removed from their ordinary lives. These
writers-adventurers, tourists, and gold seekers-would help define
the nation's perception of Alaska and would contribute to an image
of the state that persists today. This collection unearths early
writings that offer a broad view of American encounters with Alaska
accompanied by Meaux's lively and concise introductions. The
present-day adventurer will find much to inspire exploration, while
students of the American West can gain new access to this valuable
trove of pre-Gold Rush Alaska archives.
Before returning to New Orleans to practice family law, Jean
Morgan Meaux lived in Alaska from 1971 to 1985, where she earned a
master's degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage and did
freelance writing for the Anchorage Daily News.
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