"North to the Future"
| TITLE | DETAILS |
| Gamblers and Dreamers: Women, Men, and Community in the Klondike | Porsild, Charlene. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1998), 250 pp., paper, ISBN0774806516, order from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. A social study of turn-of-the-century Dawson City. |
| Gambler's Wife: The Life of Malinda Jenkins, As Told in Conversations to Jesse Lilienthal | Jenkins, Malinda. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998), 296 pp., paperback, ISBN0803276079, 312 North 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-0484. Reissue of the 1933 edition which tells of Jenkin's adventurous life; in 1897 she crossed the Chilkoot Pass to join her gambler husband in Dawson. |
| Geographic Dictionary of Alaska |
by Marcus Baker, US Geological Survey,
Washington, Govt Printing Office, 1906. ebook available to read at Internet Archive |
| Ghost Towns and Trails of the Yukon | Sawatsky, Don. (Whitehorse: Northbush Publications, 1994), 126 p., paper, ISBN 1896079016 (order from Mac's Fireweed Books, 203 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT, Canada YlA 2B2). cn94-910335. Reprint of 1975 title Ghost Town Trails of the Yukon. |
| Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, a Sacred Tradition | Hess, Bill. (Seattle: Sasquatch Books, 1999) 227 pp., cloth, ISBN 1570611637, 615 Second Ave., Seattle WA 98104. Booklist (9/1/99) says about this beautifully produced book, "The aboriginal right to hunt bowhead whales (an endangered species) remains controversial, but Hess' book presents a strong case for the cultural and spiritual side of the argument." |
| Giraudo. Ka'gun'da: George James Beck, Alaskan Pioneer Teacher, Missionary, Leader | Beck, Mary (Ketchikan: Rocky Point Publishing, 1999) 142 pp., paper, ISBN0966947819, 2855 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan AK 99901. Biography of a teacher who began his Alaska career at the Presbyterian Sitka Training School in 1895. |
| Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska | Kelley, Mark, editor., photographs by Mark Kelley, text by Sherry Simpson (Juneau: Mark Kelley, 2000), 128 pp., cloth, ISBN 1880865181, or paper, ISBN 18886519X, P.O. Box 20470, Juneau, AK 99802. Spectacular color photographs grace this historical survey and present activities of the nature and people of Glacier Bay. |
| Glass trade beads in Alaska: early contact | Miller, Polly G. / Altamonte Springs, FL: Bead Society of Central Florida (121 Larkspur Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701), 1994. 44p. Explores the historical, ethnographical, ethno-historical and archaeological evidence to explain the bead legacy left by trading impacts that took place across Alaska's vast geographical expanse over a time span of 150 years. Includes bibliographical references; originally presented at "The Bead Trade in the Americas" international conference held March 20-22, 1992 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. LC94-237824. |
| Gold at Fortymile Creek: early days in the Yukon | Gates, Michael. / Vancouver: UBC Press, 1994. 200p. Story of the search for gold in the Yukon before the great Klondike Gold Rush, 1873-1896; based on accounts of prospectors such as Swiftwater Bill, Chris Sonnickson, Jack McQuesten and George Carmack. ISBN0774804688(hbk); 0774804920 pbk . cn94-910199. |
| Gold Fields of the Klondike | Leonard, John W. (Whitehorse: Clairedge, 1994), 209 p., cloth, ISBN0969872305 (order from Mac's Fireweed Books, 203 Main Street, Whitehorse, YT, Canada YlA 2B2). cn95-009442. "The story as told by Ladue, Berry, Phiscator and other gold finders;" reprint of the 1897 edition, with photographs and illustrations. |
| Gold in Alaska: A Century of Mining History in Alaska's National Parks | (Anchorage: National Park Service, 1997), 31 pp., paper, free on request from National Park Service, Alaska Regional Office, 2525 Gambell Street, Room 107, Anchorage, AK 99503-2892. wln98049271. Illustrated booklet featuring seven parks around the state. |
| Gold Panning: a Guide to Recreational Gold Panning on the Kenai Peninsula, Chugach National Forest, Alaska | ([Anchorage?]: United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Alaska Region, 1997), 26 pp., paperback, free, GPO 37-181834. Produced by a group from the Chugach National Forest and from the Bureau of Land Management, this guide gives all the necessary information on recreational panning for gold, including maps and panning sites. |
| Gold Rush Centennial Photographs, 1893-1916: a Catalog of Selected Gold Rush Views at the Alaska State Library | compiled by India M. Spartz (Juneau, AK: Alaska State Library, Alaska Historical Collections, 1995), 15 p., paper, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571. Highly selective sample of Gold Rush images found in this research collection. wln95-068910. |
| Gold Rush Letters of Leroy Stewart Townsend, 1898-1899: The Valdez and Copper Valley, Alaska | Townsend, Leroy Stewart., edited by Peggy Jean Townsend, Patricia Roppel, and Art Petersen, (Auke Bay: Klondike Research, 1998), 166 pp., cloth, ISBN0965793850, or paper, ISBN0965793842, P.O. Box 210174, Auke Bay, AK 99821. A collection of previously unpublished photographs and letters from a medical doctor on the scurvy-ridden Valdez Trail. |
| Gold Rush Women | Murphy, Claire Rudolf, and Jane G. Haigh. (Anchorage, AK: Alaska Northwest Books, 1997), 126 pp. paper, ISBN0882404849, order from PO Box 10306, Portland, OR 97210. LC 97-946. Profiles selected to reveal the depth and variety of women's roles in the North during the Klondike Gold Rush. |
| Gold Rush: North to Alaska and the Klondike | Wilson, Ian, and Sally Wilson. (West Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle: Gordon Soules Book Publishers, 1996), 246 p., paper, ISBN 0919574602 (#620 - 1916 Pike Place, Seattle, WA 98101). LC9619680. For one year, the authors relived the adventure of the great gold stampede. |
| Gold, Ghost Towns & Grizzlies: Treasure Hunting in Alaska | Wendt, Ron. (Wasilla, AK: Goldstream Publications, 1996), 72 p., paper, ISBN1886574014 (PO Box 870624, Wasilla, AK 99687). wln96-042762. Stories of gold prospecting and tales, some of which may be true of treasures lost and/or waiting to be discovered. |
| Golden Gamble | Emanuel, Richard P., Volume 24, Number 2 of Alaska Geographic (Anchorage: Alaska Geographic Society, 1997), 96 pp., paper, ISBN 1566610362, P.O. Box 93370PR, Anchorage, AK 99509-3370. wln97-282675. Pictorial account of the gold rush era and the changes it brought to Alaska and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. |
| Goldpan, Trapline & Camera: The Harry A. Johnson Album | Olthuis, Diane. (Hope, AK: Timbers, Tails & Yarns, 1997), 46 pp., paper,order from Cook Inlet Book Company, 415 West Fifth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501. Album of Harry Johnson photographs with biographical notes on the photographer. |
| Good and Faithful Servant: the Year of Saint Innocent: an exhibit commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Ioann Veniaminov, 1797-1997 | edited by Lydia Black, assisted by Katherine L. Arndt (Fairbanks: University of Alaska Fairbanks & Alaska State Veniaminov Bicentennial Committee, 1997), 87 pp., paper, wln98-053250. Catalog for an exhibit commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Ioann Veniaminov, early Russian missionary, translator, architect and finally, head of the Orthodox Church of Russia. |
| Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush | Morgan, Lael. (Fairbanks, AK: Epicenter Press, 1998), 352 pp., cloth, ISBN0945397631, Box 82368, Kenmore, WA 98028. Stories of the prostitutes, dance hall girls, and entertainers who accompanied the men of the gold rush era. Alaska Historical Society award for history book of the year, 1998. |
| Great Alaska Earthquake, March 27,1964 | Cohen, Stan. 8.6: (Missoula: Pictorial Histories Publishing, 1995),140 p., paper, ISBN 092952196X, 713 South Third St. West, Missoula, MT 59801. Includes over 200 photographs, some in color, of effects of this devastating earthquake. LC 95-67027. |
| Great Alaska Pipeline | Cohen, Stanley |
| Great Land: Reflections on Alaska | edited by Robert Hedin and Gary Holthaus / Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1994. 317p. Collection of essays by writers who describe events, people and wildlife in Alaska, from Southeast to the Yukon. This is the second volume of writings on Alaska for these editors. ISBN0816514178hbd, ISBN0816514372pbk. LC93-43506. |
| Great Reindeer Caper: The Missionary and the Miners | Rinaldo, Peter M. (Briarcliff Manor, NY: DorPete Press, 1997), 120 pp., cloth,, ISBN 1890849006, P.O. Box 238, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. LC97-66799. Account of a gold rush fiasco, a government sponsored relief expedition to send reindeer to starving gold miners who were actually doing just fine; includes excerpts from an unpublished manuscript of Rinaldo's ancestor Peter Trout, who prospected in the Yukon valley before 1897. |
| Green Alaska: Dreams from the Far Coast | Lord, Nancy. (Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1999) 170 pp., cloth, ISBN 1582430020, or paper, ISBN 1582430780, P.O. Box 65793, Washington DC 20035-5793. "An imaginative work based largely on the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 and writer John Burroughs' role as expedition historian." |
| Growing Up Native in Alaska | McClanahan, Alexandra J. forward by Carl H. Marrs (Anchorage: The Ciri Foundation, 2000), 389 pp., paper, ISBN1578331145, 2600 Cordova Street, Suite 206, Anchorage, AK 99503. Twenty-seven young Alaska Natives discuss their cultures and traditions and their meaning and relevance in today's world. |
| Guide to Alaska's Criminal Justice System | Vandercook, Marcia. . (Anchorage, AK: Alaska Judicial Council, 1995), 57 p., paper, free, 1029 West Third Avenue, Suite 202, Anchorage, AK 99501-1981. "This guide describes Alaska's criminal justice system from the time someone commits a crime to the offender's release from state supervision." A resource directory is included. wln95-171002. |
| Guide to the Probate Records for Alaska, 1885-1960 | compiled by Steve McCarthy (Juneau: Alaska State Archives, 2000), 271 pp., comb-bound, request from Alaska State Archives, 141 Willoughby Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801. Lists almost 17,000 names and the judicial precincts where each case was heard; the records themselves are held at the State Archives in Juneau. |
| Gwich'in Native Elders: Not Just Knowledge, but a Way of Looking at the World | Wilson, Shawn Stanley.(Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Native Knowledge Network, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996), 62 pp., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Harper Building, PO Box 756730, Fairbanks, AK 99775. wln98039946. First of series entitled "Native pathways to Education," this study examines the role, characteristics, and needs of elders of Fort Yukon. |
