Klondike Saga was first published in 1965. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is the story of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company, an organization of sixteen Minnesotans who went to the Canadian Klondike region in the late 1890's to prospect for gold. It is based on diaries and letters written by the men during their venture. Most of the company members ...
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Klondike Saga was first published in 1965. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. This is the story of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company, an organization of sixteen Minnesotans who went to the Canadian Klondike region in the late 1890's to prospect for gold. It is based on diaries and letters written by the men during their venture. Most of the company members were of Scandinavian origin, recent immigrants to America, and a number of the letters were written to Nye Normanden , a Norwegian-language newspaper published in Minneapolis at the time. The leader of the company, Lars Gunderson, was the grandfather of the late Carl L. Lokke, author of the book. Mr. Lokke, a historian, was chief of the foreign affairs branch of the National Archives at the time of his death in 1960. This is the first book issued under a joint publishing arrangement between the University of Minnesota Press and the Norwegian-American Historical Association. It is Volume 7 in the association's Travel and Description Series. There is a preface by Kenneth O. Bjork, editor of the association, and Senator Ernest Gruening of Alaska writes a foreword.
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Used-G. Minor edgewear to boards. Previous owner's name on free front endpaper; text is otherwise clean. Minor edge wear to dust jacket, with a few small closed tears along the top edge.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. DJ and boards show shelf wear, short tears, chipping and creasing.; Tight solid book, hinges intact, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 8.8 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 211 pages; "This is the story of the Monitor Gold Mining and Trading Company, an organization of 16 Minnesotans who went to the Canadian Klondike region in the late 1890s to prospect for gold. It is based on diaries & letters written by the men during their venture. Most of them were Scandinavian, recent immigrants to America and a number of their letters were written to Nye Normanden, a Norwegian language newspaper, published in Minneapolis. The leader of the company was Lars Gunderson, grandfather of the author. This book was issued under a joint arrangement between the University of Minnesota and the Norwegian-American Historical Association." (jacket blurb)