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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 From memories of her Yukon youth, family letters, photographs, unpublished works and news clippings, Joann describes the life of her and other families during this little-known period of Yukon time.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.
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About the Author
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. She later 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.
Review
Though hundreds of books have been written about the Klondike gold rush, little has been written about life in the years that followed. Here is a volume that addresses that omission. Through newspaper accounts, letters and personal reminiscences, you will learn about the challenges of living and making a living in the north where communication was tenuous and transportation challenging. --Michael Gates, Yukon historian and author of Dalton s Gold Rush Trail
A treasure trove of family letters, newspaper clippings, diary entries [and] a narrative that covers the years 1897 to the present. I was drawn very pleasantly into this book and it is definitely one I will keep around. --Dan Davidson, Whitehorse Star Review
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- PublisherGranville Island Publishing Ltd.
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1926991095
- ISBN 13 9781926991092
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages294
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