Appleton's Guide-Book To Alaska And The Northwest Coast Including The Shores Of Washington, British Columbia, Southeastern Alaska, The Aleutian And The Seal Islands, The Bering And The Arctic Coasts, The Yukon River And Klondike District

ELIZA RUHAMAH SCIDMORE

Publication: D Appleton and Company, 1899, New York

New edition with a chapter on the Klondike. 12mo. Red pictorial cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, v [3], 167 [2] pp., introduction, illustrated, plates, eleven total maps including three large color folding maps and two inserted into the rear pocket, illustrated from photographs and full-page plates, advertisements, reference books. Revised edition of this Appletons' guidebook issued in 1898 and 1899 in response to the Klondike gold fever, with additional chapter by Ms. Sidmore on gold mining in the region. She presents summaries of the major routes, brief descriptions of Fort Reliance, Dawson City, Eagle City, and Forty Mile. Scidmore (1856-1928) was an intrepid traveler and journalist, and diplomat who had traveled with Captain Carroll on the steamship Idaho through Southeast Alaska, published the first Alaska travel guide, and details her experiences with Tlingit families, hunting, and by 1890 was the first woman to set in the Board of Managers for the National Geographic Society. Eliza Scidmore is perhaps best remembered as working with First Lady Helen Taft to plant cherry trees to beautify Washington, D.C. and celebrated by visitors every year. From the library of former California State Librarian, Gary Kurutz. Bright red pictorial cloth with of Sitka Church, glacier, and a seal, titles stamped in gilt on the front cover and spine, advertisements on front and rear endpapers, and a small professional repair to a map, else a solid very good copy.

Inventory Number: 53167