Project Gutenberg 2013-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 237 Spurr, Josiah Edward 1870 1950 Spurr, J. E. (Josiah Edward) Through the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive). "Through the Yukon Gold Diggings: A Narrative of Personal Travel" by Josiah Edward Spurr is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the author's personal travels through the Yukon region during a time when the gold diggings were just beginning to gain notoriety, tales that would soon draw many adventurers and fortune seekers to the area. It provides detailed descriptions of the settings, challenges, and experiences encountered by Spurr and his companions as they navigate the wilderness and the nascent gold rush era. At the start of the narrative, the author introduces himself and sets the stage for his journey in 1896, prior to the Klondike gold rush. Spurr details his experiences aboard a steamer traveling north from Seattle through stunning landscapes, with the passengers displaying a mix of curiosity and naiveté about the challenges that await them. He provides rich descriptions of the coastal scenery, the native tribes encountered, and the sense of adventure that compels him and fellow travelers to push onward toward the Yukon gold fields. Their collective experiences begin on the journey to Dyea, illustrating the blend of excitement and apprehension that comes with the promise of fortune in an untamed land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44038/44038-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Alaska -- Description and travel Klondike River Valley (Yukon) -- Gold discoveries Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) -- Gold discoveries F850.5 Text Category: Adventure Category: Travel Writing Category: History - American 348103 2025-09-17T16:04:18.887521 text/html 326409 2024-10-23T19:19:09 text/html 1499424 2025-09-17T16:04:23.611529 application/epub+zip 1502249 2025-09-17T16:04:19.768523 application/epub+zip 195512 2025-09-17T16:04:19.320524 application/epub+zip 1599753 2025-09-17T16:04:26.721518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1565137 2025-09-17T16:04:23.107487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261510 2022-09-20T06:17:48.552531 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 309379 2025-09-17T16:04:18.426520 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 289390 2024-10-23T19:19:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17310 2025-09-17T16:04:26.857472 application/rdf+xml 21483 2025-09-17T16:04:19.397542 image/jpeg 3093 2025-09-17T16:04:19.359548 image/jpeg 1428925 2025-09-17T16:04:18.978542 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia