Published by Riverrun Publishing, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1978
ISBN 10: 0920690025 ISBN 13: 9780920690024
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. June Foote; (illustrator). First Edition. 144 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by June Foote, black and white photographs, and a map. This story collection contains: Gunfight at Sulphur Creek by Cam Cameron; The Last Days of Orloff King by Orloff King; A Troubled Mercy Flight by Harry Gordon-Cooper; Yukon Yarns by Tom Tracy, George Bacon and Tom Meekins; Firth River Gold Rush by Harry Gordon-Cooper with an epilogue by Lon Philpott; Witch Country Tales by Happy Norman; Yukon Epics by Ira Van Bibber; and Heading for the Nahanni by Fred Guder. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Riverrun, Vancouver, 1978
ISBN 10: 0920690025 ISBN 13: 9780920690024
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
First Edition
Paper. Condition: Good ++. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. The author gets a hand from Ira Van Bibber, Fred Guder and Corporal `Cam' Cameron (RCMP) in compiling this 127 page collection. They talk about mercy flights for mothers of young children, violence related to `gold fever' and travelling vast distances by canoe, dog team and aircraft. The time of the stories range from 1946 to 1965. B/W drawings and photograph help liven the TRUE stories. Cond : Blue paper wrapper which has a wrap-around, colour photo of a stretch of the Yukon River. Lightly chipped at all corners and edges. Spine rubbed but decent, colours mostly bright, binding sound. Minor cover creases, no names, tears nor stains. Light soiling. Spine cock. Minor scribbles on pre-title. VERY GOOD reading copy. Quote (p. 49) : " The mandatory emergency gear for aircraft flying commercially in these latitudes consisted of one sleeping bag per person, one axe, one rifle and ammunition, a first aid kit, nose tent and blow pot for warming up the . .".