The Opening of Alaska 1901-1903

MITCHELL, Brig. Gen. William L. (U.S. Army Air Corps) (with) Lyman L. Woodman (ed.)

Verlag: Cook Inlet Historical Society, Anchorage, Alaska, 1982

Beschreibung

4to. Pp. xi, 111. Lavishly illustrated with reproductions of historic photographs. Maps, including one fold-out. Bibliography. Index. Bound in glossy stiff wrappers illustrated with black-and-white photos. Brief gift inscription on the title page. Recounts the author's experiences, 1901-1903, in establishing Alaska's military telegraph line. Below-freezing weather was the most severe detriment to his men. While the author was firm in his prohibition of alcohol, he waxes favorably about Perry Davis Pain Killer, "the greatest medicine ever invented for the North." Per Mitchell, "I do not know the ingredients, other than it is about half alcohol and contains some laudanum, but I would hazard a guess at opium, red pepper, turpentine and tabasco juice." He would give it to his men suffering frostbite.An unaccountably scarce first edition. Reprinted in 1989, this first printing is presented here in a bright, fresh copy. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5530

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Opening of Alaska 1901-1903

Verlag: Cook Inlet Historical Society, Anchorage, Alaska

Erscheinungsdatum: 1982

Einband: Illustrated stiff wrappers

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: First Edition.