Across Widest America
Subtitle: Newfoundland to Alaska, with the impressions of two years' sojourn on the Bering coast
Publisher: Benziger Brothers
Published: 1906
Place of publication: New York; Cincinnati; Chicago
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CHAPTERS; title: I. Newfoundland — Orders for Alaska — The Journey begins 1; title: II. Towards the West — Manitoba and its Wheat-fields 28; title: III. The Western Prairies — Cattle and Cowboys 49; title: IV. Through the Rockies — Resources of British Columbia 66; title: V. Seattle — Over the Pacific — The Aleutian Islands 83; title: VI. The Russian Domination in Alaska 101; title: VII. Failure of Russian Enterprise — Transfer of the Territory 123; title: VIII. The Bering Coast — Placer Mining — A Trip to the Arctic 141; title: IX. Council Mining Camp — The Life of an Inland Miner 169; title: X. The Autumn Exodus — Preparing for Winter on the Bering Coast 178; title: XI. Winter Isolation in Alaska — The Great White Silence 195; title: XII. The Alaskan Mail — Social Life in a Mining Camp 211; title: XIII. The Aboriginal Tribes of Alaska — History and Customs 224; title: XIV. Religion in Alaska — Missionary Work and Its Results 253; title: XV. Last Year on the Bering Coast — Homeward Bound 282; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: The Narrows — Entrance to the Harbor of St. John's Newfoundland — St. John's, Newfoundland Page 16; title: A Newfoundland Landscape " 32; title: A Scene on the Canadian Prairies. — A Vista in the Rocky Mountains " 48; title: Alaska Building, Seattle " 64; title: The "SS. Roanoke" — Nome, on the Bering Coast " 80; title: The Two Extremes of America: Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska " 96; title: Council Mining Camp, on the Neukluk River. — Chinik, on Golovin Bay " 112; title: The Sphinx of Ophir. — An Ophir Creek Miner " 128; title: Prospector "panning" for Gold. — Panning for Gold in Winter " 144; title: Sluicing in the Neighborhood of Nome. — Miners enjoying a Friendly Game " 160; title: An Autumn Sunset in Northwestern Alaska. — Summer Travelling in the Interior " 176; title: "Inside" for the Winter. — The Midday Sun on the Shortest Day; a Miner's Cabin " 192; title: Illustrations; title: Midnight in June — Arrival of the First Spring Steamer. — Nome, during the Great White Silence " 208; title: Rocking for Gold in Beach Sands at Nome. — The Bering Coast in Winter " 224; title: The Author's Cabin, Summer View. — The Cabin, after a Blizzard " 240; title: Captain Pate, U. S. Mail, and the Author on their Way to the Bering Coast " 256; title: Eskimo in Waterproof "Kamleika" " 262; title: Eskimo Girls in Summer Costume " 266; title: Eskimo Maiden in Winter Parkeh " 272; title: Snake River, Nome. — Eskimos Selling Curios, Nome " 278; title: Alaska Totem Poles. — An Eskimo Igloo 282; title: Eskimo Graves on the Arctic Coast. — Eskimo Native in his Kaiak " 288; title: The Cliff-Dwellers, King Island, Bering Strait — The Mahlamutes, the most Westerly Tribe in America " 292; title: Miners flocking into Nome. — Leaving Nome for the "Outside," Homeward Bound " 300