by Peter Lourie
Dawson, George Mercer
Dead Horse Trail (White Pass Trail)
death
on Chilkoot Trail
in Dawson
freezing to
of horses on trail
of London
of Stampeders
Deep Lake
discovery claim
dogs
of Dawson
dogfights
huskies
mail delivery by dog team
wolf half-breeds
dogsleds
drift
Dyea
mudflats
waterfront
Dyea River
Eldorado Creek
cabin
claims
Eldorado Kings
Excelsior
famine, in Dawson
First Nations
Five Finger Rapids
food supplies. See also cooking; gear and food
Dawson
scurvy and
year’s worth of
fool’s gold
Fort Selkirk
freeze-up
friendship
gear and food. See also food supplies; supplies
carrying and packing
year’s worth of
Gepfert, Cornelius M.
glaciers
gold
fool’s
overview
placer
sifting
Yukon gold fields
Yukon gold strikes
Golden Stairs
Goodman, Big Jim
journey to Klondike
in Klondike
Goodman, Dan
Goodman, Zella
Graveyard. See Whitehorse Rapids
Hän People (Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in)
Happy Camp
Hargrave, Bert
Harnish, Elam
Harper’s Weekly
Harvey, Doc
Head of Canoe Navigation
Henderson, Robert
Henderson Creek
cabin
claim
December 3, 1897–late January 1898
mine
horses
Dawson horse-drawn cart
death on trail
pack trains
Hudson’s Bay Company
hunting
huskies
“Husky: The Wolf-Dog of the North” (London)
“In a Far Country” (London)
Irving, Washington
Jack London and the Klondike (Walker)
Jack London Museum
Jack London’s Klondike Adventure (Wilson)
Jensen, Emil
Judge, William Henry (Saint of Dawson)
Juneau
Káa Goox (Dawson Charlie)
Keish (Skookum Jim Mason)
Keogh
King of the Klondike. See McDonald, Alexander “Big Alec”
Klondike. See also specific topics
miner-ravaged land
overview
sawmill
Klondike, trip to
August 7–September 8, 1897
September 9–October 9, 1897
“A Klondike Christmas” (London)
Klondike fever
Klondike Hotel, Dawson
Klondike Nugget
Klondike plague. See scurvy
Klondike River
The Klondike Stampede (London)
Klondike stories
Klondike Valley
Klondikers
Laberge (lake)
Ladue, Joseph
Lady of the Chilkoot
lakes
alpine
journey across
“Like Argus of Ancient Times” (London)
Lindeman (lake)
Lindeman, Lindeman City
lining, line down
Little Salmon River
log cutting
London, Jack. See also specific topics
American hobo adventure
books about Klondike and
death
desire for learning
drinking of
early life
education
home arrival in 1898
public speaking
as sailor
timeline
as “Wolf”
as writer
youthful reading of
London, John (stepfather)
Mahoney, Mike (“Klondike Mike”)
mail delivery, by dog team
Malemute Kid
Mane of the Horse
Mason, Skookum Jim (Keish)
McDonald, Alexander (“Big Alec,” “King of the Klondike”)
McDonald Hotel
McKinley, William
Miles Canyon
mine
Henderson Creek
working in
miners
cheechakos
friendship of
working in shaft
miner’s cabin. See also cabin
mining. See also specific issues
crib
near Split-Up Island
placer
in winter
Mitchell, Dawne
Moosehide
Moosehide Slide
Mounties. See North West Mounted Police
muck
mush, mushing, musher
mush-ice
Native Americans. See First Nations
New York Herald
North, Dick
North West Mounted Police (NWMP)
Oakland, California
Oakland High School
oakum
“An Odyssey of the North” (London)
outfit
Overland Monthly
oyster pirates
packers
native
packhorses. See horses
panning
Paris of the North. See also Dawson
pay dirt
pay streak
Pelly River
permafrost
placer gold
placer mining
porters
pyrite
Rabbit Creek. See also Bonanza Creek
Razzle-Dazzle sloop
reading
of London as youth
in Yukon
riverboats
Robeau, Father
Sailor on Snowshoes: Tracking Jack London’s Northern Trail (North)
Saint of Dawson (William Henry Judge)
saloons, Dawson
San Francisco
San Francisco Call
sawpits
Scales
scurvy
sealing schooner
Service, Robert
Shaaw Tláa (Kate Carmack)
shaft
Sheep Camp
Shepard, Eliza
Shepard, James
Skookum Jim. See Keish
Slide (Moosehide Mountain)
Sloper, Merritt
journey to Klondike
in Klondike
sluice, sluicing
snowshoes
socialism
The Son of the Wolf (London)
Sophia Sutherland
sourdough bread
sourdoughs (Alaskan long-term residents)
Southern Pacific Railway
“The Spell of the Yukon” (Service)
Split-Up Island
cabin
spring
Arctic
river ice breakup
St. Mary’s Hospital
Stampede. See also specific topics
Stampeders. See also Argonauts; cheechakos; specific topics
boat building
on Chilkoot Trail
in Dawson
death of
Dyea River crossing of
at Lake Bennett
log cutting
portaging over canyon and rapids
tensions and strains of
water journey of
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Stewart cabin
Stewart camp
Stewart City
Stewart Island
Stewart River
strike
Carmack strike
Yukon gold strikes
summer, Arctic
supplies. See also gear and food
Dawson
sweep
sweeper
Tagish
Tarwater, Martin
journey to Klondike
Taylor, Charlie
Thirty Mile River
Thompson, Fred
journey to Klondike
in Klondike
Thorson, John
Tlingit
“To Build a Fire” (London)
“To the Man on Trail” (London)
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in. See Hän People
Twain, Mark
University of California, Berkeley
Upper Island. See Split-Up Island
vein
Walker, Franklin
water journey
through canyon and rapids
across lakes
through tributaries spitting ice
Wellman, Flora (mother)
letter to
whipsaw
White Fang (London)
White Pass Trail (Dead Horse Trail)
“The White Silence” (London)
Whitehorse
Whitehorse Rapids (Graveyard)
wilderness
Wilson, Mike
windlass
winter
Arctic
cabin living
cold
in Dawson
freezing to death
mining in
wolves
half-breeds
Yukon
Yukon
frozen landscape
gold fields
gold strikes
reading in
wolves
Yukon Belle
Yukon Code
Yukon Field Force
Yukon Midnight Sun
Yukon River
freezing of
heading home on
rafting down
spring ice breakup
Yukon stove
Yukon Territory
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Lourie has written many award-winning nonfiction books for young readers. A true adventurer, he has traveled all over the world to research his subjects—from the cloud forest of Ecuador in search of Inca treasure, to Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya on the Ethiopian border, to Tierra del Fuego, and to the jungles of Rondonia, Brazil. He is the author most recently of three books about the Arctic: The Polar Bear Scientists, Whaling Season, and Arctic Thaw. In Peter’s words: “Jack’s spirit reminds me how I love wild places—especially the far North.” Peter lives in Vermont with his family. Visit him online at peterlourie.com, or sign up for email updates here.
Wendell Minor is the award-winning and bestselling illustrator of numerous books, including Ghost Ship, by Mary Higgins Clark. He lives in Washington, Connecticut. You can sign up for email update here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Epigraph
Dedication and Gratitude
Introduction
PART ONE
August 7–September 8, 1897: From the Coast of Alaska over the Mountains to Lake Lindeman
The Trail Begins
Cheechako
Oyster Pirate and Sailor
Dead Horses
Sheep Camp
Tarwater
The Scales
Down to Lindeman
PART TWO
September 9–October 16, 1897: Down the Yukon River to Split-Up Island
Building and Launching the Boats
More Lakes
Miles Canyon and Whitehorse Rapids
Lake Laberge
Tributaries Spitting Ice
Split-Up Island at Stewart River
PART THREE
Late October–December 2, 1897: Dawson
The City of Gold
The Bond Brothers and Their Cabin
Lingering in Dawson
Big Alec McDonald, King of the Klondike
The Dogs of Dawson
PART FOUR
December 3, 1897–Late January 1898: Henderson and the Creeks
Henderson Creek
Cabin Living
Working the Mine
Friendships in the Cold
Scurvy in the Creeks
PART FIVE
March–July 1898: Heading Home Down the Long Yukon River
Ice Breakup and Leaving the White Silence
Dawson One Last Time
Father Judge and His Hospital
Shoving Off
HOME
1898–1899
Capturing the Klondike in Stories
Afterword
Notes from the Author
Notable Places
Jack London’s Writing
Jack London Time Line
Glossary
Jack London Bibliography and Sources
Index
About the Author
Copyright
Text Copyright © 2017 by Peter Lourie
Illustrations Copyright © 2017 by Wendell Minor
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Lourie, Peter, author.|Minor, Wendell, illustrator.
Title: Jack London and the Klondike gold rush / Peter Lourie, with illustrations by Wendell Minor.
Description: First edition.|New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016012053 (print)|LCCN 2016027771 (ebook)|ISBN 9780805097573 (hardback)|ISBN 9780805097580 (Ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: London, Jack, 1876–1916—Juvenile literature.|Authors, American—20th century—Biography—Juvenile literature.|Adventure and adventurers—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature.|Klondike River Valley (Yukon)—Gold discoveries—Juvenile literature.|BISAC: JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Literary.|JUVENILE NONFICTION / Adventure & Adventurers.
Classification: LCC PS3523.O46 Z6144 2017 (print)|LCC PS3523.O46 (ebook)|DDC 813/.52 [B]—dc23
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